In basketball, he was a three-year captain and team MVP while earning all-conference recognition. He is the school's single-season and career assist leader and scored more than 1,200 points in his career.

On the baseball diamond, he was the team's Most Valuable Player and earned all-conference recognition as a pitcher. He was the recipient of the school's Athlete of the Year award three times (1994-1996).

After graduation, Powers began his coaching career at Mount St. Clare College as an assistant men's basketball coach and head men's golf coach. The 1998-1999 basketball squad was ranked as high as 15th in the country and won the conference.

After two years at MSC, Powers made the transition to women's basketball. He was an assistant coach at St. Ambrose University for two years, making it to the Elite Eight of the NAIA National Tournament in 1999-2000 before moving on to Loras College (2001-2003) as an assistant coach and was part of the first conference championship and national tournament berth in Loras' history.

Prior to his current job, Powers was an assistant boys' basketball coach at Morrison High School. He is a Clinton, Iowa, native and graduated from Clinton High School in 1992. During his senior year, he was the point guard of the Iowa High School Class 4A State Championship basketball team.

Powers is married to his wife, Stacy, and they currently reside in Camanche, Iowa.

The Powers File

• Assistant Women's Basketball Coach - Mount St. Clare College (1997-99)
• Assistant Women's Basketball Coach - St. Ambrose University (1999-01)
• Assistant Women's Basketball Coach - Loras College (2001-03)
• Assistant Boys Basketball Coach - Morrison (Ill.) High School (2003-05)
• Head Women's Basketball/Men's Golf Coach - Ashford University (2005-Present)