Nate Kaeding enters his sixth season as an assistant coach for the University of Sioux Falls men's basketball team. He holds many duties including player development, working with USF’s guards, and also serves as the recruiting coordinator.
In five seasons with the Cougars, Kaeding has assisted the men’s basketball team to a 72-70 mark. A year ago, the Cougars were 17-13 and 11-11 in NSIC play. They advanced to the NSIC Tournament Quarterfinals for the first time. The 17 wins represents the highest total in DII and 11 league wins was the second highest (12, in 2013-14).
In 2011-12, he helped USF achieve their fourth-straight 20-win season with an overall record of 20-9. During that season, the Cougars were a perfect 11-0 at home in the Stewart Center.
As recruiting coordinator, Kaeding's impact was also seen off the court. He has helped expand USF’s recruiting reach within the Midwest, across the country, and beyond the U.S. border. He played a major role in adding the first non-American student-athlete to play basketball at USF, as well as numerous other key recruits from across the country.
Prior to USF, Kaeding served four seasons as the assistant men's basketball coach at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. The Mustangs won 62 games during his tenure and claimed the NSIC regular-season championship, an NCAA central regional region championship, and a berth in the NCAA DII Elite Eight in 2008-09. During the 2009-10 season, SMSU charged to a runner-up finish in the NSIC tournament. Kaeding helped the Mustangs to a top 25 national ranking in both seasons. Between stints at SMSU, He accepted a coaching position at Montana State University - Billings in the summer of 2009.
During the summer of 2007, Kaeding entered the coaching profession by mentoring the 16 and 17-year old ECI Select West AAU team out of North Dakota. Two of Kaeding’s players garnered national attention and went on to play at the NCAA DI level, in the Pac-12 and Mountain West Conferences, respectively.
A native of Fargo, N.D., Kaeding was a three-year letterwinner for the University of Mary. As a senior, he was a team captain for the Marauders and was selected to the 2006-07 NSIC All-Academic team.
Kaeding graduated in the spring of 2007 with a double major in both accounting and business administration. He went on to complete his Master’s in Business Administration in 2009 from Southwest Minnesota State University.
