Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Mayville State (Exhibition) on October 29, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
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8:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball
vs Mayville State (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Klinkefus, Rob
Rob Klinkefus
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- Rob.Klinkefus@sdstate.edu
Rob Klinkefus enters his 19th season on the Jackrabbit men's basketball coaching staff heading into the 2024-25 campaign. He is in his sixth season as associate head coach.
Klinkefus is one of the most tenured coaches on a staff across the Division I landscape. The long-time Jackrabbit coach is the eighth most tenured assistant on a staff across the country as he's been part of nine Summit League regular season titles and seven conference tournament championship teams.Â
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SDSU has played in 10 postseason tournaments — NCAA Tournaments in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024, along with the National Invitation Tournament in 2015 and 2019, and the College Basketball Invitational in 2014. The Jackrabbits won their first ever Division I postseason game in the opening round of the 2015 NIT, pulling out an 86-76 road win at Colorado State.
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Klinkefus has played a key role in leading the Jackrabbits consistently to the top of The Summit League as a recruiter, coach and mentor in the program. In his time in Brookings, SDSU has compiled a 300-129Â overall record. That includes a 162-12 record on the Jackrabbits home floor at Frost Arena that has home winning streaks of 17, 21, 30, 33 and 34 games.
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While at State, Klinkefus has coached NCAA Division I All-Americans in Nate Wolters and Mike Daum, and three Academic All-Americans in Jordan Dykstra, Brayden Carlson and Matt Dentlinger. Klinkefus works primarily with SDSU's front court which most recently saw William Kyle III in 2024 earn The Summit League's Defensive Player of the Year award along with claiming First Team All-Summit League honors.
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Prior to SDSU, Klinkefus worked as an assistant coach at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, from 2001-06 under Brian Van Haaften, one of the most successful coaches in the history of Division III basketball. Klinkefus helped the Beavers post a 115-33 record in his five seasons, winning nearly 80 percent of their games while claiming five straight IIAC tournament titles and five national tournament berths.
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Klinkefus graduated from Buena Vista in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in secondary education, and a Master of Science degree in education from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 2004.
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He lives in Brookings with his wife, Megan, and their two sons, Roman and Morris.
Klinkefus is one of the most tenured coaches on a staff across the Division I landscape. The long-time Jackrabbit coach is the eighth most tenured assistant on a staff across the country as he's been part of nine Summit League regular season titles and seven conference tournament championship teams.Â
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SDSU has played in 10 postseason tournaments — NCAA Tournaments in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024, along with the National Invitation Tournament in 2015 and 2019, and the College Basketball Invitational in 2014. The Jackrabbits won their first ever Division I postseason game in the opening round of the 2015 NIT, pulling out an 86-76 road win at Colorado State.
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Klinkefus has played a key role in leading the Jackrabbits consistently to the top of The Summit League as a recruiter, coach and mentor in the program. In his time in Brookings, SDSU has compiled a 300-129Â overall record. That includes a 162-12 record on the Jackrabbits home floor at Frost Arena that has home winning streaks of 17, 21, 30, 33 and 34 games.
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While at State, Klinkefus has coached NCAA Division I All-Americans in Nate Wolters and Mike Daum, and three Academic All-Americans in Jordan Dykstra, Brayden Carlson and Matt Dentlinger. Klinkefus works primarily with SDSU's front court which most recently saw William Kyle III in 2024 earn The Summit League's Defensive Player of the Year award along with claiming First Team All-Summit League honors.
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Prior to SDSU, Klinkefus worked as an assistant coach at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, from 2001-06 under Brian Van Haaften, one of the most successful coaches in the history of Division III basketball. Klinkefus helped the Beavers post a 115-33 record in his five seasons, winning nearly 80 percent of their games while claiming five straight IIAC tournament titles and five national tournament berths.
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Klinkefus graduated from Buena Vista in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in secondary education, and a Master of Science degree in education from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 2004.
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He lives in Brookings with his wife, Megan, and their two sons, Roman and Morris.
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