Jeff Curtis
Head Coach

The seventh coach in program history, Jeff Curtis enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Northwood women’s basketball team.

Northwood posted nine victories in the 2006-07 season, giving them 28 over Curtis’ first three years.  That total is the highest over a three year stretch at Northwood since 1990-93.  The Timberwolves also sported a team Grade Point Average of 3.371, which ranked them 17th nationally out of 275 Division II programs.

The 2005-06 season saw Northwood reach 10 wins for the first time since the 1991-92 season.  The Timberwolves finished the season playing its best basketball of the season, winning four its last five games. Northwood finished the year shooting 37.3 percent from 3-point range, which ranked 15^th in Division II.

In his first season at the helm of the women’s team, Curtis guided the Timberwolves to a four-game improvement.  Northwood ended the year on a high note, earning a pair of wins in the final weekend of the season, including a 79-77 victory over No. 8 Lake Superior.  That loss was just the second for the Lakers in conference play.  Northwood also snapped a 28-game losing streak to Northern Michigan earlier in the season.

Curtis has been the top assistant with the Northwood men’s basketball program the previous four seasons. Curtis worked with all areas of the team and served as the head recruiter. Jeff is an active member in the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches).

Curtis coached at Alma, his alma mater, for two seasons upon graduation. During that time, he was assistant varsity and head junior varsity coach. As a player for the Scots, he served as team captain in both his junior and senior seasons. In his junior year, he ranked second in the nation for three-point percentage. Curtis led the MIAA in three-point percentage in his junior and senior seasons.

A native of Charlotte, Mich., Curtis earned his Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1998. He recently completed his masters in Sports Administration at Central Michigan University.

Prior to coming to Northwood, Curtis was the junior high coach and a reading teacher at Vestaburg Community Schools. Jeff and his wife Ellen reside in Midland with their son Jackson Duke, who was born July 13, 2007.

Darcie Roberts
Assistant Coach

Darcie (Philp) Roberts is in her first season as Assistant Coach for the Northwood University women's basketball team.

Roberts spent last season as a student assistant coach at Alma College, where she played the final two seasons of her collegiate career.  As a senior, Roberts averaged 15.8 points and 8.6 points per game en route to First Team All-MIAA honors.  She ranked seventh in Division III by shooting 61.3 percent from the floor.  Roberts was named the MVP of both the Nan Nicols and the Bethany Holiday Tournaments.

Prior to her time at Alma, Roberts played two seasons at Ferris State University.   She played parts of three seasons for the Bulldogs, seeing action in 60 games. 

Roberts is a 2007 graduate of Alma College with a degree in Sociology.  She married her husband Ryan, a biology teacher at Montabella High School, in the summer of 2007.