E-Mail: greimer@kwu.edu
785-827-5541 ext. 3120

Gordon Reimer has been the head women's basketball coach at Kansas Wesleyan since the start of the 2004-05 season. His career record is 122-92 in seven seasons leading the Coyotes.

 

In 2005, Coach Reimer started the process to turn around the women's basketball program. In one year the Coyotes improved from 5-24 to 14-15 finishing 6th in the KCAC conference. In his past five years he has won 86 games, more than triple the 27 wins in the previous six years. "I feel fortunate to have worked with so many great players and assistant coaches in helping me turn this program around."

 

"Every year my goal at Kansas Wesleyan University is to win the regular season title, the conference tournament, and play in the National Tournament."

 

Reimer's goals came to realization in the 2008-09 season, as his Coyotes finished the season with a then school record 27 wins while finishing 27-6 overall. Wesleyan tied Sterling for the KCAC Regular Season Championship at 16-2, and then defeated the Warriors in the tournament championship 70-61 on their home floor to advance to the NAIA Division II National Championships for the first time in school history.

 

In 2010-11, Reimer's Coyotes did it again, sharing the regular season conference title with Sterling College again with a 16-2 record. The Coyotes then defeated the Warriors in the KCAC Tournament Championship at Hartman Arena in Park City to advance to the NAIA National Championships. Wesleyan defeated Holy Names in the first round before losing to Black Hills State in the second round. The Coyotes set a new school record for wins in a season with 31 and were ranked No. 5 in the country for a time during the year, the highest ever rating for a basketball team at Kansas Wesleyan University.

 

During Reimer's tenure he has been named 2008-09 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year; has coached four NAIA All-Americans, the KCAC Player of the Year and 11 NAIA Scholar Athletes. His teams also hold 19 school records including multiple school records.

 

Before coming to Kansas Wesleyan, Gordon spent four years as an assistant college basketball coach. Three years for Central Christian College and one year at McPherson College.

 

Reimer is no stranger to building basketball programs. Under his leadership he developed one of the state's strongest youth programs in McPherson, Kansas. His teams won many tournaments and one National title. Many of the players he coached helped McPherson High School win five state tournaments in the past ten years.

 

He is a lifelong Kansas native and received both a Bachelor's and Master's Degree from Baker University.

E-Mail: ryan.showman@kwu.edu
785-827-5541 ext. 2134

Ryan Showman has been an assistant basketball coach for Kansas Wesleyan since the start of the 2007 – 2008 season.    In his time as an assistant, Coach Showman has helped the Lady Coyotes to a four year record of 92 – 34.   He also led the Coyote Men’s and Women’s Golf Program from 2007 – 2009. 

Showman played basketball for former Kansas Wesleyan head coach Jerry Jones and was a three year letter winner for the Coyotes.  Upon graduation in 2004, Showman taught Physical Education at Schilling Elementary and was the assistant boy’s basketball coach at Sacred Heart High School. 

Coach Showman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from Kansas Wesleyan University in 2004 and a Master of Science degree in Physical Education from Emporia State University in 2008.

Coach Showman resides in Salina with his wife Jenni and daughter Kinsleigh.