Casey Klunder
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wartburg |
| Conference | ARC |
| Record | 23–19 (.548) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Allison, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2007 | Waldorf |
| Position(s) | First baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006–2021 | Waverly-Shell Rock HS (IA) |
| 2007–2008 | Wartburg (assistant) |
| 2022–2023 | Central IA |
| 2024–present | Wartburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 54–66 (.450) (college) 386–185 (.676) (high school) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| IHSAA 3A (2015) | |
| Awards | |
| IHSBCA State Coach of the Year (2015) | |
Casey Klunder is an American baseball coach. He is the current head baseball coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, a position he has held since the May of 2023. Klunder played college baseball at Waldorf College—now known as Waldorf University—in Forest City, Iowa.
Coaching career
[edit]Waverly-Shell Rock High School
[edit]In 2006, Klunder took over as head baseball coach at Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School (WSR) in Waverly, Iowa. He compiled an overall record of 386–185 as a Go-Hawk and led them to the schools first ever state baseball championship in 2015.[1] During his tenure they also were ranked in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) rankings for 14 straight years and reached as high as No. 1 on multiple occasions.[2] After their state championship in 2015, Klunder was named the 2015 IHSBCA Coach of the year, and he had coached in the IHSBCA All-Star game in both 2010 and 2016.[3] In his time with WSR they qualified for the state tournament four times, the last coming in his final season in 2021.[4]
Central College
[edit]On August 3, 2021, Klunder became the 22nd head baseball coach at Central College in Pella, Iowa.[5][6] The 2022 baseball season was his first at Central and first as a collegiate head coach. He started his tenure off with a 9–3 win over Wisconsin–Superior on March 8, 2023.[7] They finished the 2022 season with a 16–23 record.[8] In his second season with the Dutch, the team finished seventh in the American Rivers Conference (ARC), two places ahead of the 2022 season, with overall record of 15–24.[9] Klunder resigned from his position as head coach on May 18, 2023, to become the new head coach at Wartburg College.[10]
Wartburg College
[edit]On May 18, 2023, Klunder was named the 5th head baseball coach in program history at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.[11][12] He began his tenure at Wartburg with a 12-4 win over Grove City, with a 3-0 start to the year.[13]
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Dutch (American Rivers Conference) (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Central | 16–23 | 4–20 | 9th | |||||
| 2023 | Central | 15–24 | 8–16 | 7th | |||||
| Central: | 31–47 (.397) | 12–36 (.250) | |||||||
| Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference) (2024–Present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Wartburg | 23–19 | 12–12 | 6th | |||||
| Wartburg: | 23–19 (.548) | 12–12 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 54–66 (.450) | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Birch, Tommy (August 1, 2015). "Class 3-A: Waverly-Shell Rock turns nail-biter into late parade". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Murken, Ryan (July 29, 2014). "State baseball: No. 1 Waverly-Shell Rock opens with win over Solon". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Bell, Perry (August 3, 2016). "Three are put on All Star Teams". The Oskaloosa Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Sesker, Craig (July 28, 2021). "Go-Hawks fall in state opener". The Courier. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Central College Sports Information Department (August 5, 2021). "Waverly's Klunder ready to lead Central baseball resurgence". The Oskaloosa Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Poslosky, Tyler (September 13, 2021). "BJ Hermsen is new Waverly-Shell Rock baseball coach". The Gazette. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Flaherty, Joe (March 9, 2022). "Dutch open baseball season by rallying for victory". Oskaloosa Herald.
- ^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". Central College Athletics.
- ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". Central College Athletics.
- ^ "Klunder leaving Central baseball post". athletics.central.edu. Central College Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Coleman, Rick (May 17, 2023). "Casey Klunder to become Wartburg College Head Baseball Coach". KWWL. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Woods, Ben. "Casey Klunder named head baseball coach". go-knights.net. Wartburg Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Woods, Ben. "Baseball Opens 2024 Season With 12-4 Win". go-knights.net. Wartburg Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2024.