2006 Coaching Staff

 

Jessica Daw
Northern State Women's Tennis Coach

NSU announced earlier this year the addition of women's tennis and women's swimming programs. Daw will spend the 2007-08 season recruiting students and developing the program. She has been at NSU since 2001 as an assistant professor of health and physical education.

"I'm very fortunate to be back in my home state teaching," said Daw, who is originally from Sioux Falls. "Now I'm honored to lead the effort in bringing back the great sport of tennis to NSU."

While growing up in Sioux Falls, Daw was the state's top-ranked player in the 14, 16, and 18 age groups. She also held a top three ranking in the Northern Section during those years, and has been ranked nationally as high as 20th in doubles and 100th in singles.

Prior to coming to NSU, Daw served as assistant men's and women's coach at the University of Idaho and was the head women's tennis coach at Illinois State. In 1993 she was named Missouri Valley Conference tennis coach of the year. Daw received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1999 with an emphasis in sport psychology, psycho-social aspects of youth sport, and coach education. At Illinois, Daw was the first tennis player to qualify for nationals, playing doubles at the ITCA national cahmpionships in 1985.

Strength and Conditioning Coach Derrick Budig

Northern State strength & conditioning coach Derik Budig has propelled Wolves' athletics to new heights thanks to his comprehensive strength program that has been implemented into the NSU athletic system.

Budig, a Yankton, SD native, joined the Northern staff in 2002. He earned his Master's of Science Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Texas, at El Paso (UTEP) in 2005 after working as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach. He has also served as a strength and conditioning consultant for Olympic track and field athletes in El Paso. Prior to his time at UTEP, Budig was an intern for the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the area of strength and conditioning.

Budig has also had success on the football field where he was a four-year starter and two-year team captain for Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Budig is in charge of developing and coordinating programs which assist student/athletes in developing overall physical strength and conditioning at NSU. He is the founder and director of The Wolves Challenge, a speed, strength, and conditioning camp. In addition, Budig also organizes the weight room for all of Northern's athletic programs and is the sponsor for NSU's Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Budig lives in Aberdeen with his wife Amanda and his daughter Ella, born in April 2005. They are expecting another baby in March.

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