Brinkoeter returns to Southwestern for her first season after a short hiatus from college coaching. She served as the Head Women's Basketball Coach from 2002-2005 and amassed a 40-38 record and .513 winning percentage while guiding the Pirates to two conference tournament berths and a fifth place finish in the 2003-04 season.
Recruiting quality student-athletes has always been a priority for Brinkoeter and she did just that during her first tenure, coaching five All-SCAC selections and amassing a team GPA of over 3.0 during all three seasons.
During the interim from college coaching Brinkoeter has maintained contact with the game by coaching the highly-competitive Georgetown Fury Select Club Basketball Team and serving as Athletic Director and Coach at Grace Academy of Georgetown.
Brinkoeter is a 1995 graduate of Southwestern and has a Masters of Education in Exercise Science from Auburn University in 1996.
Prior to coming to SU, Brinkoeter served as the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Texas A&M University Kingsville for two seasons before taking on head coaching duties at Blinn College from 1998-2002.
While at Blinn Brinkoeter guided the Buccaneer Women’s Basketball program to a 52-39 record, including a 23-8 record in 1999-2000 where they advanced to the Regional semifinal. She produced two All-Region selections, a Kodak All-American, an Honorable Mention All-American and a District VI Kodak All-American during her tenure.
Kerri, her husband, Ashley, and two children reside in Georgetown, Texas.
Assistant Coach Julie Wilke
Julie Wilke enters her third season on the bench as assistant
women's basketball coach for the Pirates, after serving in a
volunteer assistant role during the 2007-2008 season. In addition
to her assistant basketball coaching duties, she will serve as
assistant coach for the Men's and Women's Track & Field
programs.
Outside of the coaching ranks, Wilke recently completed her fourth season as quarterback of the Austin Outlaws, a women's professional football team competing in the National Women's Football Association (NWFA).
Prior to coming to Southwestern, Wilke worked in the private sector as a project manager for NuStats, a survey research firm based in Austin, TX. In 2006, she received a Master of Science degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas - Austin. From 2003-2004, Wilke completed two seasons as the girl's basketball coach at Durand Junior High School in Durand, IL, her hometown.
Coach Wilke is a 2002 graduate of Beloit College in Beloit, WI where she was a standout three-sport athlete in soccer, basketball, and track & field. Her accomplishments in track & field include two school records in sprint relays and two-time All-Conference recognition for her performance in the javelin. On the hardwood, Wilke was a three-time All-Conference selection and is currently fifth in school history in points scored and fourth in made 3-pointers.
