Coach Hettema has been a teacher at ISS for nine years: She is the curriculum leader and teacher of the Physical Education  and Health Department. She is teaching Norwegian as a second Language as well. Mrs. Rianne Hettema has a master in PS/MS education with as speciality Art and Physical Education and she has a Master's Degree in Culturale Anthropology from the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). She has been the head Track and Field, Simming coach and an assistant coach in JV and Varsity basketball.

Rianne has been a Dutch junior champion in 50 m butterfly and 50 m breaststroke. She has been played in the Dutch National Field Hockey team. Rianne has been the Dutch University champion in badminton.Her hobbies include: swimming, running, skiing (down hill and cross-country), cycling, badminton and cooking.

Rianne is a Dutch citizen and has lived in Norway for 12 years. She is married and has 2 sons of 17 and 19 years old who participated in all sports of ISS. 

Coach Hettema is looking forward to a new challenge as head coach of the Varsity Boys Basketball team.

Coach DeFazio joined the Physical Education department at ISS this year and works with students in the primary and middle school.  Before arriving in Norway, she taught PE in Virginia and actively participated in both volleyball and basketball leagues while enjoying a variety of other activities like jogging, yoga, badminton, hiking and biking.  While she was completing a teacher exchange in Scotland during the 2008-2009 school year, she coached the badminton team and helped to organize and run a fitness group for women and girls.  

Coach Howard is returning for his second season as JV "A" Boys basketball coach. He is a graduate of Memphis University School (1982), Millsaps College (B.A. in English Literature, 1986) and Covenant Seminary (M.Div, 1993), all in the U.S.. If you want to know anything about what the 80's were really like, ask Michael. He survived them. Michael currently serves as the Installation Chaplain for U.S. military personnel at NATO and has been in full-time ministry for more 20 years. His athletic background includes basketball (a power forward trapped in the body of a point guard), skiing/snowboarding, baseball (any position except 1st base), (American) football (running back, defensive back), soccer (midfield - the ones who do all the real work), volleyball (his nickname in college was "Spike" but he's a setter) and numerous triathlons and marathons (he beat Oprah Winfrey's time in the Chicago marathon and finished just behind Sean "P. Diddy" Combs at the New York City marathon in 2003. Last season, along with Coach "Knuddy" Knudsen, Michael coached the mighty and personality-laden JV "A" team to a Gold Medal at the 2010 Invitational in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Michael has been married to the extraordinary Shannon Roper Howard for 18+ years. They both serve ISS on the Parent Association Board and as volunteers at the Kiosk. They are the proud parents of Walker (11th grade) and Mike (8th grade). They are all U.S. citizens and love living in Stavanger! Go Vikings.