Mike Power is in his third consecutive and ninth overall season as the Briar Cliff women's head basketball coach.  Since his return in 2006, Power has guided the Chargers to a 20-42 mark. In his eight seasons with with the Chargers, he had compiled an overall record of 147-115.

In his first stint as Briar Cliff's head coach from 1992-1998, Power guided the Charger women's basketball program to a 127-73 record and three consecutive NAIA Division II National Tournament appearances. In 1996, Power led the Chargers to Briar Cliff's first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance.  The following year, the women's basketball team produced an undefeated (34-0) regular season, a school-record 37 wins, and a second-straight NAIA National Tournament appearance. The Chargers opened the 1997-98 season as the No. 1 team in the NAIA and held that spot for the majority of the season.  They finished that season with another national tournament berth and a 31-4 record.  Power's Chargers still hold many school and national records, including steals in a season and points (per game and average per season). His 147 career wins at Briar Cliff are the most by any women's coach in school history.

Power's coaching portfolio also includes eight seasons at the NCAA Division II level, with head coaching stops at Metro State College of Denver, Colo.; Bemidji State University, Minn.; and Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minn.

A native of Bismark, N.D., Power holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, Neb. During and after his time at UNL, he was assistant girls' basketball coach at Pius X High School and head women's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Neb., where he produced a 30-45 record.

Aside from coaching basketball, Power also serves as a physical education instructor and director of the Briar Cliff Association.  Power and his wife, Cheryle, have two children, daughter, Casey, 8; and son, Sean, 6.

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

Mike Davis was Mike Power's assistant coach from 1992-1996. After leaving Briar Cliff, Davis coached youth basketball and also club soccer where he won a state cup championship. Davis played basketball at Southwestern Community College. After graduating in 1976, he transferred to Briar Cliff where he continued his education and played basketball for Ray Nacke. Davis graduated from Briar Cliff in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Davis began working as a salesman for Palmer Candy at that time and is now Palmer's transportation manager. Davis has three children; Lindsay, 27, a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Scott, 25, a graduate of the University of Montana, and Molly, 18, a freshman at the University of Florida.

Christine Schroeder is in her second year as an assistant with the Charger basketball program. Schroeder (Mohni) is a 1998 Briar Cliff graduate and was a member of the women's basketball team from 1994-1998, under the direction of Coach Mike Power.

Following graduation, she taught and coached girls' basketball in Williamsburg, Iowa for one year, before she moved to Europe. While in England, Schroderer 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 chapionship in Germany, she was voted the USAFE MVP. Upon returning to the U.S., Schroeder worked for the federal government in a social science and education capacity. She holds a master's degree in human relations from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., and is preparing to begin her Ph.D. in psychology.

Aside from coaching, Schroeder is also an instructor at Briar Cliff.  Schroeder and her husband Neil, have two sons, Jackson, 8, Anderson, 4; and a daughter Ava, 3.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Chris Bennett...majoring in Physical Therapy.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Eric and Amy Jones...majoring in Pharmacy.

 

HS: Six-time letterwinner for the Vikings of Lamar High School (four in track and two in basketball)...received the Principle Award and the Sergeant's Association Award. 

PERSONAL: Majoring in Theater and Communication.