Casey Klunder is an American

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coach. He is the current head baseball coach at

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, a position he has held since the May of 2023. Klunder played

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at Waldorf College—now known as

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—in

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Coaching career

Waverly-Shell Rock High School

In 2006, Klunder took over as head baseball coach at

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(WSR) in

. 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. 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. 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. In his time with WSR they qualified for the state tournament four times, the last coming in his final season in 2021.

Central College

On August 3, 2021, Klunder became the 22nd head baseball coach at Central College in

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. 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. They finished the 2022 season with a 16–23 record. In his second season with the Dutch, the team finished seventh in the

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(ARC), two places ahead of the 2022 season, with overall record of 15–24. Klunder resigned from his position as head coach on May 18, 2023, to become the new head coach at

Wartburg College

On May 18, 2023, Klunder was named the 5th head baseball coach in program history at

. He began his tenure at Wartburg with a 12-4 win over Grove City, with a 3-0 start to the year.

Head coaching record

College

References

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