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Women's Basketball
Coaching Staff
Gene Steinmeyer
Head Coach
Office: (660) 562-1299
gstein@nwmissouri.edu
Northwest Missouri State University head women's basketball coach Gene Steinmeyer took over the Bearcat program in 1999.
Steinmeyer was named MIAA Coach of the Year in 2003, leading the Bearcats to a 16-12 mark. Northwest advanced to the semifinals of the MIAA Tournament for the first time in more than a decade during the 2002-03 season.
Steinmeyer came to Northwest from Doane College in Crete, Neb., where he put together a very impressive program. At Doane, Steinmeyer had a record of 366-135. He took Doane to eight conference championships, three district titles and made three consecutive NAIA Final Four appearances.
Steinmeyer has been named NAIA District 11 Coach of the Year five times and Nebraska State College Coach of the Year twice.
Prior to his tenure at Doane, Steinmeyer found success in the high school coaching ranks. In five years as the head girls' coach at Wilber-Clatonia (Neb.) High School, he won a state championship, two conference titles and a district championship.
He has also served as an assistant boys' basketball coach at Milford (Neb.) High School and Humboldt (Neb.) High School.
Coach Steinmeyer holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Kearney. He earned his master's degree from Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988.
Assistant Coach
Office: (660) 562-1780
lorih@nwmissouri.edu
Lori Hopkins is in her sixth season with the Bearcat basketball program.
Hopkins came to Northwest after a two-year assistant coaching stint at The Metropolitan State College of Denver during the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons.
Hopkins earned an elementary education degree from Nebraska Wesleyan in 1994 and is currently pursuing her master’s degree here at Northwest in health/physical education/recreation/dance.
Hopkins was a member of the Nebraska Wesleyan basketball team from 1989 to 1991.
Despite playing only two full seasons at NWU, she ranks fifth in team history for field goal percentage (.500, 205-410) and ninth in career rebounds with 459.
For a single season, her 1990-91 rebounding total of 286 and 10.8 rebounds per game rank second all-time at Nebraska Wesleyan.
She also averaged 14.3 points per game as NWU led NCAA Division III in scoring at 88.5 points per game in 1990-91 and tied the previous school record for wins, finishing 15-11. Her 372 points scored and .525 (139-265) field goal percentage that season rank fifth and ninth, respectively, on the Nebraska Wesleyan all-time charts.
Prior to coaching at the collegiate level, Hopkins coached basketball, volleyball and track and field at Rising City (Neb.) High School. While coaching basketball, Hopkins led Rising City to two district finals.
Hopkins’ responsibilities at Northwest include practice preparation, pre-game preparation, breaking down opponents’ game film, recruiting and other duties.
Hopkins, formerly Lori Henderson, was married this past fall on Sept. 30 to Terry Hopkins. They reside in Maryville, while Terry teaches and coaches girl’s basketball in Savannah, Mo.
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