Chris Klieman
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | North Dakota State |
| Conference | MVFC |
| Record | 28–3 (.903) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 27, 1967 Waterloo, Iowa |
| Alma mater | University of Northern Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1990 | Northern Iowa |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1993 | Northern Iowa (DB) |
| 1994–1996 | Western Illinois (DB) |
| 1997 | Kansas (DB) |
| 1999 | Missouri State (DB) |
| 2002–2004 | Loras (DC) |
| 2005 | Loras |
| 2006–2010 | Northern Iowa (DB) |
| 2011 | North Dakota State (DB) |
| 2012–2013 | North Dakota State (DC) |
| 2014–present | North Dakota State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 31–10 |
| Tournaments | 8–0 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 National (2014, 2015) 2 MVFC (2014, 2015) |
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Christopher Paul Klieman (born September 27, 1967) is an American football coach and former player, and is currently the head coach for North Dakota State of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. He was hired by the Bison in December 2013 after Craig Bohl accepted the same position at Wyoming.[1] Klieman was previously the head football coach at Loras College in 2005. During his first year as head coach of North Dakota State, Klieman went 15–1, won the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and beat fellow MVFC foe Illinois State 29–27 in the 2014 NCAA Division I-FCS Championship Game.[2] During his second year at NDSU, Klieman again won a Conference Title and a National Championship beating the #1 ranked Jacksonville State Gamecocks in the Championship Game 37-10, his second title in as many years.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loras Duhawks (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2005) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Loras | 3–7 | 2–6 | 7th | |||||
| Loras: | 3–7 | 2–6 | |||||||
| North Dakota State Bison (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014 | North Dakota State | 15–1 | 7–1 | T–1st | W NCAA Division I Championship | ||||
| 2015 | North Dakota State | 13–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | W NCAA Division I Championship | ||||
| 2016 | North Dakota State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| North Dakota State: | 28–3 | 14–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 31–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- American football defensive backs
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Loras Duhawks football coaches
- Missouri State Bears football coaches
- North Dakota State Bison football coaches
- Northern Iowa Panthers football coaches
- Northern Iowa Panthers football players
- Western Illinois Leathernecks football coaches
- Sportspeople from Waterloo, Iowa
- Players of American football from Iowa
