Mike Power just finished his second consecutive year at Briar Cliff University as head women's basketball coach. Power finished 2006-07 at 9-22. Power guided the Charger women's basketball program from 1992-1998 to a 127-73 record and three consecutive NAIA Division II National Tournament appearances. He took over a program which went 0-29 the year before he arrived and five seasons later, led them to an undefeated regular season record of 36-0 in 1996-97. The following season, his Chargers opened play as the No. 1 team in the nation. His 127 victories is the most by any women's coach in BC history.

He takes the helm at BCU following eight seasons coaching at the NCAA Division II level, including head coaching stints at Metro State College of Denver, Colo., Bemidji State and Southwest Minnesota State University.

Power, a native of Bismarck, N.D., graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988. While at Nebraska, he served as an assistant coach at Pius X High School. Upon his graduation, he became the head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan, where he produced a 30-45 record in three seasons. He then coached one season at Gothenburg High School in Nebraska before coming to Briar Cliff in 1992.

Power Year-By-Year:

2007-08   Briar Cliff   11-20

2006-07   Briar Cliff   9-22

2005-06   SW MN St.   7-21

2004-05   Bemidji St.   5-23

2003-04   Bemidji St.   14-15

2002-03   Bemidji St.   9-18

2001-02   Metro St.   12-15

2000-01   Metro St.   9-17

1999-00   Metro St.   16-11

1998-00   Metro St.   19-9

1997-98   Briar Cliff   31-4

1996-97   Briar Cliff   37-1

1995-96   Briar Cliff   25-12

1994-95   Briar Cliff   15-16

1993-94   Briar Cliff    13-20

1992-93   Briar Cliff   6-20

1988-91   NE Wesleyan   30-45

Christine Schroeder joined the Briar Cliff Basketball coaching staff in the 2007-2008 season. Schroeder (Mohni) is a 1998 Briar Cliff graduate and was a member of the women's basketball team from 1994 to 1998, under the direction of Coach Mike Power.

Following her graduation, she taught and coached girls' basketball in Williamsburg, Iowa for one year, before she moved to Europe. While in England, Schroeder joined the RAF Mildenhall women's basketball team which represented an air base in the United States Air Force, European Command. She competed in back-to-back USAFE championships and was twice voted to the all-USAFE team. During the division championship in Germany, she was voted the USAFE MVP. Upon returing to the U.S., Schroeder worked for the federal government in a social science and education capacity. She holds a master's in human relations from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., and is preparing to begin her Ph.D in psychology.

As an adjuct faculty member at Briar Cliff, Schroeder teaches and also provides in-home therapeutic services as an independent contractor. Schroeder and her husband Neil, have three children, two sons, Jackson, 7, Anderson, 3, and a daughter Ava, 2.