UIW 2006-2007 BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD UIW staff conferred with Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Academics are vital at UIW and the Cardinals have regular study times. Spurs Assistant Coach P. J. Carlisemo greeted the UIW staff. Basketball stars get an early start at the UIW summer camps. CARDINALS BASKETBALL at www.uiw.edu/athletics UIW QUICK FACTS BASKETBALL FACTS Name The University WHAT’S INSIDE... STAFF of the Incarnate Word Address 4301 Broadway Agnese, Dr. Louis J. Jr., President . .32 Coach Ken Burmeister All-Americans . .23 B. A., Educations, St. Mary’s ‘70 San Antonio, Texas 78209 All-Time Jersey Numbers . .20 M. A., Educ. Admin, No. Arizona ‘73 University Telephone (210) 829-6000 All-Time Opponents . .25 Overall Record / Years 128-124 (9 Years) Athletic Telephone (210) 829-6050 All-Time Scoring . .19 50th Win UTSA 95, Stetson (Fla) 88 (2OT) Sports Info. Telephone (210) 829-3828 Athletic Department . .1 2/16/89 President Dr. Louis J. Agnese Jr. Athletic Facilities . .33 100th Win Loyola (Ill) 81, Drake 61 Enrollment 5,600 Burmeister, Ken, Head Coach . .2 11/25/97 Founded 1881 Cervantes, Sal, Athletic Trainer . .2 UIW Record / Years First Year Mascot Cardinals Cook, Jonathan, Asst. Coach . .2 Office Telephone (210) 829-6052 Head Coaches . .1 e-mail [email protected] Colors Red, Black and White Heartland Conference . .28-30 Fax (210) 805-3574 National Affiliation NCAA Division II Honors . .22 Assistant Coach Jonathan Cook Conference Heartland Johnson, Prince, Grad. Asst. .3 Alma Mater Incarnate Word ‘04 web site www.uiw.edu/athletics Kearney, Javasse, Grad. Asst. .3 Office Telephone (210) 283-5052 Leaders by Category . .19 e-mail [email protected] ATHLETICS PERSONNEL Leaders by Year . .21 Fax (210) 805-3574 Papich, Mark, Athletic Director . .32 Graduate Assistant Javasse Kearney Director of Athletics Mark Papich Players . .6-15 Alma Mater Incarnate Word ‘05 829-6053 Record Book . .24 Office Telephone (210) 805-3573 Asst. AD / Sr Woman Adm.Angela Lawson San Antonio . .34 e-mail [email protected] Sports Information . .1 Fax (210) 805-3574 829-3827 Student Managers . .3 Graduate Assistant Prince Johnson Faculty Ath. Rep. Dr. Sandra Strickland The University . .31 Alma Mater Incarnate Word ‘02 829-3988 UIW Basketball Facts . .1 Office Telephone (210) 805-3573 Asst. AD / Comp. Coord. Tina Patterson UIW Quick Facts . .1 e-mail [email protected] 829-3941 Year-By-Year . .25 Fax (210) 805-3574 Athletic Trainer B. J. Lough 2006-2007 Roster . .4 . .By Class . .5 829-3834 2005-2006 SEASON Sports Info. Director Wayne Witt . .By Height . .5 . .By Location . .5 Record 8-19 829-3828 . .By Position . .5 Home 6-10 Administrative Assistant Lisa Townzen . .By Previous School . .5 Road 2-8 . .Pronunciation Guide . .5 Neutral 0-1 829-2722 2005-2006 Bests . .18 Heartland Conference Seventh 2005-2006 Facts . .16 Record 0-12 HEAD COACHES 2005-2006 Results . .17 Home 0-6 Baseball Danny Heep (coach) 2005-2006 Final Statistics . .16 Road 0-6 829-3830 2006-2007 Opponents . .26-27 Rankings Basketball (men) Ken Burmeister (coach) 2006-2007 Schedule . .35 National None 829-6052 Regional None Basketball (women) Angela Lawson (coach) 829-3827 HISTORY (*) Cheerleader Sponsor Kortney Wilson All-Time Record 408-252 (.618) 878-7345 100th Win 11/22/91 Cross Country (men) Derek Riedel (coach) SPORTS INFORMATION vs Howard Payne (87-53) 805-3566 200th Win 12/2/95 Cross Country (women) Gabe Carlin (coach) Director Wayne Witt vs Ambassador (109-51) 805-2133 Telephone (210) 829-3828 300th Win 11/27/99 Golf (men & women) Brent Powell (coach) Fax (210) 829-3825 vs Lincoln (76-44) 829-2795 e-mail [email protected] 400th Win 2/24/05 Soccer (men) John Smith (coach) Mailing Address 4301 Broadway vs St. Edward’s (63-61) 841-7396 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Since 1987-1988 395-195 (.669) Soccer (women) Tina Patterson (coach) Web Site www.uiw.edu Home 235-76 (.756) 829-3941 Road 159-118 (.574) Softball Kevin Jannusch (coach) GENERAL 20-Win Seasons 12 Consecutive 829-3969 The goal at The University of the Incarnate 20-Win Seasons 9 Swimming (women) Phillip Davis (coach) Word is to provide fair and accurate services to Season Record Wins 28 (92-93; 98-99) 805-3078 members of the media and, in turn, the NCAA Post-Season 1 (1-1; Last 2002) Synchro Swimming Kim Wurzel-LoPorto University’s athletic programs ask for fair and NAIA Post-Season 7 (3-7, Last 1999) 829-2796 accurate coverage. As a result UIW staff per- NAIA National Tour. 6 (3-6; Last 1999) Tennis (men & women) John Newman (coach) sons will strive to meet any and all reasonable Heartland Championships 1 (Last 2002) 283-5006 requests. As the 2006-2007 athletic year pro- Heart of Texas Champions 5 (Last 1999) Track and Field (men) Derek Riedel (coach) gresses, new and updated information about Heart of Texas Tour. Titles 4 (Last 1999) 805-3566 UIW will be available. Please contact the Office Track and Field (women) Gabe Carlin (coach) of Sports Information at (210) 829-3828. (*) Records Incomplete Prior to 1987-1988 805-2133 Volleyball Jennifer Montoya (coach) 829-3567 NCAA DIVISION II HEARTLAND CONFERENCE 1 CARDINALS BASKETBALL at www.uiw.edu/athletics And from the Incarnate Word angle, the program needed a jump COACH KEN BURMEISTER start, quickly, and Burmeister with all his acquaintances and The winner of more than 100 basketball games at the colle- friends in the business was a natural fit. In fact, the fit was so giate level, Ken Burmeister has returned to the profession he snug, the coach and his family didn’t even have to move cities loves as the men’s head coach at the University of the considering he had been toiling away in the corporate world for Incarnate Word. the past seven years, right here in San Antonio. Burmeister’s appoint- ment was announced And at the announcement of his hiring, UIW Athletic Director the first week of May, Mark Papich was effusive in his words about Coach Burmeister. 2006, and there were “When Ken’s name came into the mix,” Papich said, “we knew smiles all around, on that over the course of his career he had a proven record of both sides of the issue. success in tough situations. And that was a key factor in our selection process.” Burmeister revels in coaching basketball Another factor cited by Papich was Burmeister’s way of doing and that is something business. “He possesses an infectious, positive, energy level he was not able to do which will be instrumental in his being successful with the UIW for the last few years. However he never quit talking the basketball program. Ken’s connections and his contacts, his game, he never lost his myriad of hoops contacts, and he not network, is just outstanding which will allow him to go to work once ceased attending games, seminars and clinics. This is immediately, without delay.” his passion. And go to work he did, immediately. In collegiate basketball, landing a job in May is way late in the crucial area of recruiting. But not to worry, Cardinals fans. Coach Burmeister and his staff PERSONAL hit the road and produced a group of seven new players, which, Name Ken Burmeister after the fall training programs, caused the coach to go from ‘we’ll Born June 3, 1947 have to wait and see’ to ‘I think we have a chance’. Hometown Twin Lakes, Wisc. Education Graduate, St. Bonaventure HS Twin Lakes, Wisc. And all the while, Coach Burmeister and his staff were running BA, Physical Education summer camps, helping to coordinate a coach’s clinic on cam- St. Mary’s University, 1970 pus, arranging a playing schedule for the year and talking to busi- Masters in Education ness community about financial support of the Cardinals. Northern Arizona University, 1973 Family Wife Brenda Over the course of 30 years in collegiate basketball, Burmeister Children Amanda (13), Sam (11) has been a head coach at three schools. His first head job was at the University of Texas / San Antonio where his four-year mark CAREER was 72-44 and included one trip to the NCAA Division I National Assistant Coach Texas/Arlington, 1976-1979 Championships. That 1988 team finished 22-9 before losing to Assistant Coach University of Iowa, 1979-1983 Assistant Coach University of Arizona, 1983-1986 Illinois in the first round. Head Coach Texas/San Antonio, 1986-1990 Assistant Coach DePaul University, 1990-1994 Burmeister’s second head job was at Loyola of Chicago and gave Head Coach Loyola University, 1994-1998 him the opportunity to relocate to his home territory of the upper Head Coach Trinity University, 1998-1999 Midwest. Starting almost from scratch at Loyola, he moved his Account Executive San Antonio, 1998-2006 teams from a measly five wins the first year to a break even Head Coach University of the Incarnate Word, 2006- record in the fourth season. HEAD COACHING RECORD After that, he coached one year as the interim at Trinity University 1986-1987 Texas/San Antonio, 13-15 in San Antonio where his team went 16-9 and won two tourna- 1987-1988 Texas/San Antonio, 22-9 ments during the season. 1988-1989 Texas/San Antonio, 15-13 1989-1990 Texas/San Antonio, 22-7 1994-1995 Loyola University, 5-22 In addition to his head jobs, Burmeister has worked 14 years as a 1995-1996 Loyola University, 8-19 collegiate assistant coach including stops at the University of 1996-1997 Loyola University, 12-15 Texas / Arlington, University of Iowa, University of Arizona and 1997-1998 Loyola University, 15-15 DePaul University.