Kerri Brinkoeter
Title:Head Women's Basketball Coach
Phone:(512) 863-1335

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.




Julie Wilke
Title:Assistant Coach
Phone:(512) 863-1154

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.