Dordt University women’s basketball head coach Bill Harmsen was named the NAIA Coach of the Week by the WHoopDirt.com, presented by Just Play Solutions.
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Harmsen guided his team to a pair of wins over ranked opponents last week, defeating No.16 Northwestern (65-55) and No.11 Dakota Wesleyan (75-65) in conference play, as they improved to 12-0 this season. Saturday’s victory against the Tigers was the 100th win for Harmsen on the Defenders sidelines.
Harmsen is in his fifth season as the head coach of Dordt University women’s basketball program, leading his team to a national runner-up finish last year and to a national tournament appearance during both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
The fifth-ranked Defenders are off to their best start in program history and are currently in first place in the GPAC with one game left prior to the Christmas break.
