Coaches
Joe Klanderman
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Joe Klanderman
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-2004 | Minnesota State (unknown) | Position | DL | not known |
| 2005-2006 | Minnesota State (unknown) | Position | DB | not known |
| 2007-2013 | Minnesota State (unknown) | DC | DC/LB | not known |
| 2014-2018 | North Dakota State | Position | DB | not known |
| 2019 | Kansas State | Position | S | Chris Klieman |
| 2020-2025 | Kansas State | DC | DC/S✓ | Chris Klieman |
| 2026 | Baylor | DC | DC/S✓ | Dave Aranda* |
| 2026- | Baylor | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Dave Aranda* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kansas State | Defensive coordinator | 90 | 84 | 68 | 84 | 127 |
| 2021 | Kansas State | Defensive coordinator | 87 | 48 | 51 | 90 | 130 |
| 2022 | Kansas State | Defensive coordinator | 32 | 24 | 33 | 87 | 131 |
| 2023 | Kansas State | Defensive coordinator | 33 | 24 | 18 | 32 | 133 |
| 2024 | Kansas State | Defensive coordinator | 21 | 44 | 8 | 33 | 134 |
| 2025 | Kansas State | Defensive coordinator | 56 | 72 | 45 | 21 | 136 |
| 2026 | Baylor | Defensive coordinator | 12 | 10 | 15 | 83 | 138 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Baylor | 2-0 (2 of 9) | - → - | 70 | 12 | - | 42% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Chris Klieman · Kansas State 2019-2025 (DC, Position)
- Dave Aranda* · Baylor 2026 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Carl Pelini · Minnesota State 2004 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Spence Nowinsky · Minnesota State 2004-2006 · him Position, them Position
- Kefense Hynson · Minnesota State 2005 · him Position, them Position
- Luke Schleusner · Minnesota State 2005-2010 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Aaron Keen · Minnesota State 2011-2013 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, OC
- Jason Eck* · Minnesota State 2013 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Chris Klieman · North Dakota State 2014-2018 · him Position, them Head coach
- Conor Riley · North Dakota State 2014-2018 · him Position, them Position
- Jamar Cain · North Dakota State 2014-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Matt Entz* · North Dakota State 2014-2018 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Tim Polasek* · North Dakota State 2014-2016 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tyler Roehl · North Dakota State 2014-2018 · him Position, them Position
- Courtney Messingham · North Dakota State 2017-2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Chris Klieman · Kansas State 2019-2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Collin Klein* · Kansas State 2019-2023 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Conor Riley · Kansas State 2019-2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Courtney Messingham · Kansas State 2019-2021 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Scottie Hazelton · Kansas State 2019 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Van Malone · Kansas State 2019-2025 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Steve Stanard · Kansas State 2020-2025 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Matt Wells · Kansas State 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Nate Kaczor · Kansas State 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Dave Aranda* · Baylor 2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Jake Spavital · Baylor 2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position