Bob Amsberry, head coach

Amsberry, formerly the head coach at Rockford College in Illinois, was named head coach at Wartburg in March of 2006. When he took over as the women's basketball coach at Rockford College in 1997, the program was in the midst of a national record 70-game losing streak. In just his third season, the Regents posted one of the best turn-arounds in NCAA history, going from 6-19 to an 18-8 record. Over the course of the next six seasons, the Regents were awarded four bids to the Division III NCAA tournament and won the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference regular season and tournament title three times. Amsberry earned NIIC Coach of the Year honors in each of the last three seasons.

Amsberry led Rockford to seven consecutive winning seasons. During that stretch, his teams won more games than any other seven-year stretch in the 34-year history of the program. Prior to arriving at Rockford, Amsberry served as an assistant coach at MacMurray College in Illinois. A native of Dunlap, Iowa, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990 from Buena Vista College and his Master of Science degree in Physical Education from Western Illinois University in 1996. He has a career record of 156-131.

Amsberry and his wife, Erin, are the parents of two children, Joseph (11) and Paige (5).

Aaron Nester, Assistant Coach

Nester joined the Wartburg coaching staff in October of 2006.

He was an assistant to Amsberry at Rockford College from 2002-06. Nester played baseball for Rockford prior to turning his attention to the women’s basketball team. He also worked as a statistician in the Regents’ sports information office. During his tenure as an assistant coach, Aaron was part of the action as the Regents won the NIIC the last three years in a row and went to the NCAA tournament in 2003, 2005 and 2006.

Nester is a native of Indianapolis, Ind. He graduated with a sports management degree from Rockford College in 2004.