(PERU)-- Peru State athletic director Steve Schneider announced recently that Chuck Brewer would be joining the Peru State athletic department staff as the permanent women's basketball coach for the Bobcats. Brewer had served this past season as the interim coach for the 'Cats.

Schneider said, "Coach Brewer has a proven record of successful recruitment and leadership experience. In a coaching career, one aspires to get to a national tournament. Coach Brewer previously led his prior team, the College of St. Mary (CSM) Flames, to the nationals his last four years there."

Continuing, Schneider noted, "We have high expectations that he will do the same here at Peru State. His teams have excelled in the classroom as well and this past season his current team improved their grade point average significantly." Concluding, Schneider added, "We offer Coach Brewer administrative support and look forward to watching the team improve over the next few years."

 Brewer served this past year as the interim coach for Peru State taking over the program late in the summer. The Bobcats finished 6-25 on the year. 

Prior to coming to Peru State, Brewer served as the head basketball coach at College of Saint Mary for the previous seven seasons.