MESA STATE COACHING STAFF 2007-'08

Timi Brown - Head Coach

Coach Brown enters her fourth season at the helm of the Mesa State College women's basketball program.

This season the Mavericks return three starters including the 2007-2008 RMAC Preseason Player of the Year, Brittany Fowler.

Coach Brown guided the team to a 17-11 overall record in 2006-2007. The Mavericks finished 4th in the RMAC West Division and earned their first post season tournament berth in the RMAC Shootout under Coach Brown.

Last season MSC ranked second in the league in scoring offense averaging 74 points per game. The Mavs led the conference in field goal percentage (.458) and 3-point field goal percentage (.378). RMAC West Division Player of the Year, Brittany Fowler led the league in scoring averaging 18 points per game.

In 2005-'06 the Mavericks ranked fourth in the league in scoring (70.4 points per/game) third in assists (16.11 assists per/game), fifth in steals (10.67 steals per/game) and sixth in field goal percentage (.420). From beyond the arc the team ranked second overall in 3-point shots made (7.0 per game) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (.387).

Prior to her arrival at Mesa State, Coach Brown was the head coach at Odessa College (TX) where she guided the Wranglers to the Western Junior College Athletic Conference championship in 2004 with a 25-5 record, and a berth to the NJCAA regional tournament.

She was named Western Junior College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and her team held a national ranking as high as number 18 in the country. Over a 14 year career including high school, junior college and Division II, she has coached two all-Americans, numerous all-conference players, academic all-Americans and won numerous conference championships.

A native of Carson City, Nevada, Brown is a 1991 graduate of the University of Arizona, where she earned her bachelor's degree in exercise physiology. She played basketball for the Wildcats, was CO-captain her junior and senior year, leaving the school as the all-time leading scorer (1,315 points).

Following her graduation from University of Arizona, she was an assistant coach at Fullerton College (Calif.) for two years. From 1994-1996 she was head women's varsity coach at San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California, where she coached the team to its first winning record in school history. In 1996 to 1998 she was the assistant coach at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, Calif.

Coach Brown attended the University of Northern Colorado in 1998-1999 where she served as the assistant women's coach and earned her master's degree in Physical Education/Sports Administration in 1999. Following the completion of her master's degree she was the head coach at Monterey Peninsula College (Calif.), leading the team to a division title and the regional playoffs for the first time in the program's history.

Brown was named head coach at Odessa College in 2001, compiling a 52-33 overall record in three years. She led the team to two regional tournaments (2004, 2003) and 13 wins against nationally ranked teams. Coach Brown was named Conference Coach of the Year following the 2004 season in which she guided the Wranglers to the WJCAC Conference title and an 11-1 record. While at Odessa College she coached two NJCAA first team All-Americans, five all-region players and 10 all-conference performers. She had eight student athletes transfer to four year schools and was ranked in the top 10 by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association basketball team honor roll.

Coach Brown is an instructor in the Department of Kinesiology. During the summer she is Assistant Director of the Mesa State College Basketball Camps.

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Assistant Coach: Andy Gurzick

Coach Gurzick begins his fourth season as the assistant women's basketball coach at Mesa State College.

A graduate of Western State College, Gurzick was a four-year letterwinner for the Mountaineers, earning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference league honors and Mountaineer team honors.

In the summer of 2004, Andy assisted the WNBA Indiana Fever as a volunteer scout, helping with daily practices, keeping game statistics and assisting with individual player workouts. When not with the Indiana Fever he worked as a basketball trainer with 100% Hoops LLC., a basketball training company geared toward the development of fundamental skills and performance training for youth, college and professional basketball athletes.

Aside from his coaching duties Andy is the MSC Camp Coordinator, in charge of overseeing all summer camps associated with MSC's intercollegiate varsity athletics.

Coach Gurzick graduated from Western State with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology and Ecology in 2003.