Experience
2020 – Present: Head Coach, Northwestern State University
2018 – 2020: Associate Head Coach, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
2015 – 2018: Head Coach, Kilgore College
2010 – 2015: Head Coach, Labette Community College
2008 – 2010: Graduate Assistant Coach, Pittsburg State University
2005 – 2007: Player/Team Captain, Pittsburg State University
2004 – 2005: Player/Team Captain, Washburn University
Education
2009: Pittsburg State University, Masters, Education
2008: Pittsburg State University, Bachelors, Education
Personal
Hometown: Topeka, KS
Career Highlights
Career Division I Wins
36
Career Wins
158
20+ Win Seasons (2)
2017-18, 2016-17
Winning Seasons (4)
2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2013-14
Has matched or increased Northwestern State’s Southland Conference win total (1 to 5 to 7 to 7) each season after taking over a program that only had a 12-44 (.214) Southland Conference record in the three seasons combined prior to her arrival
In 2023-24, led Northwestern State to the program’s most Southland Conference wins (t-7) in seven seasons
In 2022-23, led Northwestern State to the program’s most Southland Conference wins (7) in six seasons
In 2021-22, led Northwestern State to the program’s most single-season wins (12) in five seasons, as well as an 11-win improvement from the season prior
As Northwestern State’s Head Coach, has recruited and coached four Southland All-Conference Team selections
In 2018-19 (first season), help lead UTRGV to the most conference wins (10) in program history
From 2015 to 2018, led Kilgore to a 58-36 (.617) overall record and two 21-win seasons – rebuilt a program that had only won seven games the season prior to her arrival
Guided the Kilgore program to consecutive 20+ win seasons (2016 to 2018) for the first time in 21 seasons
In 2013-14, led Labette to the program’s first winning season (16-15) in four seasons
2006-07 Pittsburg State University Female Student-Athlete of the Year
News & Media
3/22/23 – Anna Nima’s Coaching Goes Beyond the Game (Purple Media Network)
4/21/22 – NSU Announces Contract Extension for Nimz
4/27/20 – New NSU Women’s Coach Has ‘Infectious Personality’ (Shreveport Times)
4/27/20 – Anna Nimz’s Northwestern State University Press Conference