Southwestern Community College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Todd Lorensen is leaving to take the same position at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake.

BVU Director of Athletics Jack Denholm made the announcement on Tuesday that Lorensen was becoming the coach pending successful completion of a standard background check.

Lorensen just completed his fourth season at Southwestern Community College in Creston where he compiled a coaching record of 113-25. Lorensen lead the Spartans to the 2016-17 National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Championship with a 36-1 record. The Spartans followed that up with a third place finish this past season.

Prior to taking over at Southwestern, Lorensen was head coach at Iowa Wesleyan University for one season, and also had stints as an assistant coach at Truman State, UNO, and Grand View University.  Lorensen played one season at Quincy University in Quincy, IL and three years at Grand View University.

Lorensen takes over the Buena Vista job from Brian Van Haaften who left to become the Head Coach at Dordt College in March. The Beavers were 17-9 during the 2017-18 campaign.