DMACC Bears Athletics Program
Women's Basketball Coaches
2009-10 Coaches
Head Coach: Steve Krafcisin
Assistant Coaches: Dana Goodwin, Danye Guinn
Head Coach Steve Krafcisin
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Steve Krafcisin enters his fifth year as the Head Coach of the Women’s Basketball Program at DMACC. Coach K's accomplishments include:
• Jocelyn Anderson (Gowrie, Iowa) became the first female athlete at DMACC to be named NJCAA All-American for two consecutive years. (2005-07)
• Achieved the highest team grade point average (3.40) of all the community college basketball programs in the state of Iowa, and placed 4th nationally. (2006-07)
• Placed 19 Bears on All-Region teams.
In Coach K’s four years as Head Coach, the Bears are 93-33 and 55-19 in region play.
Steve began his coaching career as an assistant at Loras College in Dubuque from 1984-87. He became an assistant coach under Johnny Orr at ISU from 1987-1994. From 1994-96, Krafcisin was an assistant coach at the University of North Dakota. In 1996, Krafcisin returned to Iowa State for one season, this time under head coach Tim Floyd, where the Cyclones finished with a 22-9 record and the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament. Most recently, Steve was the head coach of the North Iowa Area Community College Trojan's basketball team in Mason City, Iowa from 1997-2004.
A native of Chicago, Krafcisin played for St. Laurence High School in Burbank (Chicago) Illinois where he was named All-American. Steve attended the University of North Carolina and played his freshman season (1976-77) for Coach Dean Smith. The Tar Heels won the ACC regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Final Four Championship game.
Krafcisin then transferred to the University of Iowa. He red-shirted the 1977-78 season, and played starting center for three seasons under head coach Lute Olson. Krafcisin led the team in rebounding and field goal percentage his junior and senior year, earning All-Big Ten recognition both years. The 1978-79 Hawkeye squad shared the Big Ten Conference championship and in 1980, Steve helped lead Iowa to the semi-finals of NCAA Final Four. To this day, Steve holds the unique distinction as the only player in NCAA history to play and score in two Final Fours for two different teams.
Following collegiate play, Steve was drafted in the sixth round of the NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. After briefly playing in Italy, Steve signed with the Atlantic City High Rollers of the Continental Basketball league.
Steve Krafcisin holds a bachelor's degree in Recreation from University of Iowa. He is married to Joanne Gawley and has three children, Jacob, Gabe and Grace.
Assistant Coach Danye Guinn
Danye Guinn has been hired as an Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) following a successful basketball career at the University of North Dakota.
Guinn was a key part of the Fighting Sioux Women’s Basketball program (2005-09) that produced a 111-20 team record. She scored 1,097 points and is only the second player in UND history to dish out over 100 assists in each of her four seasons. She ranks third on the school’s all-time assist record.
Coach Guinn graduated from UND in August 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Health. She completed her student teaching this past summer in New Zealand.
Guinn was a 2004 graduate of St. Francis (MN) High School where she earned 13 letters in volleyball, basketball and track. She was a two-time All-State performer in discus as well as basketball. She was also among the top five finalists for Miss Basketball Minnesota during her senior year.
Assistant Coach Dana Goodwin
This is Dana Goodwin’s seventh season as an assistant coach with the DMACC Women’s Basketball program. During his first six years he helped guide the teams, which included 28 All-Region players and four NJCAA All-Americans, to a 144-48 record. His duties at DMACC include on the floor coaching, recruiting and scouting.
Dana came to DMACC after serving as an assistant coach at Ames High School for seven years in both boys and girls basketball. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Iowa State University.
Dana resides in Ames, with his wife Tonja, daughter Kendra and son Trevor, where he teaches Physical Education at Ames Middle School.