Dakota State University Alumni Coaches of the Year  

Year	Coach	Sport
1972	George Kiner ’65, Volga, SD	Basketball
1973	Ron Struck ’70, Colome, SD	Football
1974	Andy Nelson ’54, Lake Benton, MN	Football
1975	Lee Stoddard ’68, Madison, SD	Basketball
1976	Danny Barker ’57, Madison, SD	Track
1977	Fred Tibbetts `72, Jefferson, SD	Girl's Basketball
1978	Gary Munsen ’66, Mitchell, SD	Basketball
1979	Lowell Gilbertson ’62, Arlington, SD	Cross Country, Track
1980	Dick Anderson ’63, Grand Island, NE	Football
1981	Ray Riley ’67, Russell-Tylor-Ruthton, MN	Football, Basketball
1982	Doug Riter ’79, Summit, SD	Basketball
1982	Rob Van Laecken ’74, Parkston, SD	Girl’s Basketball
1983	Bob Osterday ’78, Wagner, SD	Football
1984	Russ Strande ’61, Brookings, SD	Cross Country
1985	Buzz Rumrill ’62, Silver Lake, SD	Football
1986	Steve Entringer ’69, Tripp, SD	Football
1987	Dean Jaacks ’69, Windom, MN	Baseball
1988	Ray Riley ’67, Russell-Tylor-Ruthton, MN	Basketball
1989	Steve Kueter ’77, Sioux Falls, SD (O’Gorman)	Football
1990	Darrell Sneiderman ’73, Sheldon, IA	Football
1991	Tom Shea ‘1972, Peru State College, NE	Football
1992	Ron Flynn ’72, Wakonda, SD	Girl’s Basketball
1993	Monica Matthies-Severson ’85, Wartburg College, IA	Women’s Basketball
1994	Mike Oltmanns ’81, Lennox, SD	Cross Country
1995	Les Knutson ’85, Heron Lake-Okabena, MN	Girl’s Basketball, Track
1996	Julie Heinz ’88, Ripon College, Ripon, WI	Women’s Basketball
1996	Bruce Steffensmeier ’73 Ramstein AFB	Volleyball, Track
1997	John Collignon ’70, Madison, SD	Wrestling, Cross Country
1997	Linda Collignon ’78, Madison, SD	Gymnastics
1998	Jim Aisenbrey ’80, Freeman, SD	Football
1999	Joyce Farrell, ’70, Madison, SD	Volleyball
1999	Tom Main, ‘70	Football, Wrestling
2000	Myron Steffen, Mt. Vernon, SD	Football
2001	Kim Nelson, Sioux Falls, SD	Football
2002	Pat Behrns, University of Nebraska- Omaha	NE Football
2002	Kent Kolsrud, Sioux Falls, SD	Girl's Basketball
2005	Tom Schlimgen '74, Scotland,SD	Baseball
2006	Mike Parry '95, Arlington, SD	Boy's Basketball
2007	Holly Lynch '00, Sioux Falls, SD	Volleyball

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