BACKCoach Profile
Jeff Curtis
Year: Sixth Season
Team: W Basketball
Position: Head Coach
Phone: 989.837.4285
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BIOGRAPHY
The seventh coach in program history, Jeff Curtis enters his sixth season as the head coach of the Northwood women’s basketball team. He has brought a new level of success to the program that has never been achieved at the Division II level.Over the past two seasons, Northwood has gone 39-17 (.696), reached the GLIAC Tournament twice and reached the NCAA Tournament. It was the first time Northwood had reached either tournament in program history.
Last year, Northwood set a total of 18 school records, including wins in a season (21), GLIAC wins (16) and winning percentage (.724). NU had its first Division II All-American in Megan Starnes and placed three players on the All-GLIAC team (Megan Starnes, Jodi Ostergren and Sarah Glowacki) as well as a player on the GLIAC All-Defensive team (Karlie LeRoy). The Timberwolves also reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and were ranked among the top-25 in GPA among D-II schools for the third straight year.
The 2007-08 GLIAC and WBCA Region IV Coach of the Year, Curtis guided Northwood to new heights in his fourth season as head coach. The Timberwolves claimed a share of the GLIAC North Division Championship, posting a school-record mark of 13-5 in the league. NU also reached the GLIAC Tournament for the first time in school history and earned a regional ranking for the first time. Northwood set a school-record for winning percentage in a season (.667) and were the lone program in the GLIAC to finish the season without a losing streak. The Timberwolves featured Megan Starnes, who was the first player in school history to earn First Team All-GLIAC as well as All-Defensive team honors.
Northwood posted nine victories in the 2006-07 season, giving them 28 over Curtis’ first three years. That total is the highest over a three year stretch at Northwood since 1990-93. The Timberwolves also sported a team Grade Point Average of 3.371, which ranked them 17th nationally out of 275 Division II programs.
The 2005-06 season sa
