Joe Kittell

Joe Kittell is an American college basketball coach, formerly the head coach for the University of Mary Marauders.

Joe Kittell
Biographical details
Alma materNorth Dakota State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2006North Dakota State (SA)
2006–2007Mayville State (assistant)
2007–2008NDSCS (assistant)
2008–2009Breckenridge High (assistant)
2009–2010Colorado State (assistant)
2010–2013Gillette College (assistant)
2013–2015Lake Region
2015–2021Mary
Head coaching record
Overall107-116
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Samaritan's Feet Coach of the Year (2017)

A native of Garrison, North Dakota, Kittell began his coaching career as a student assistant at North Dakota State University from 2002 to 2006. He was then hired at Mayville State University and spent only one season there before leaving for the North Dakota State College of Science, but again was only there for one season. From there, he went to Breckenridge High School (Minnesota) where he was the assistant boys' basketball coach. While there he also directed Every Child's Important (ECI) Youth Services, a non-profit organization that runs summer traveling basketball teams in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota.[1][2]

During the 2009–10 season, Kittell was the a video coordinator at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Afterwards, he was hired as an assistant coach at Gillette College for three years.[3]

In 2013, Kittell was hired to his first head coaching job at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, North Dakota. During his two seasons there, he led the Royals to a record of 42–20.[4]

Kittell was hired as the head coach of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota on April 16, 2015.[5]

After the 2020-21 season, Kittell stepped down as the head coach of the Marauders and was replaced by Jack Nelson.[6]

Samaritan's Feet

In 2017, Kittell was named as the Samaritan's Feet Coach of the Year.[7]

Head Coaching Record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lake Region (Mon-Dak Conference) (2013–2015)
2013-14 Lake Region 19-12
2014-15 Lake Region 23-8
Lake Region: 42–20 (.677)
Mary (NSIC) (2015–2021)
2015-16 Mary 19-1212-106th
2016-17 Mary 12-1710-12T-8th
2017-18 Mary 6-214-18T-15th
2018-19 Mary 12-179-13T-10th
2019-20 Mary 12-177-156th
2020-21 Mary 4-124-1013th
Mary: 65–96 (.404)46–78 (.371)
Total:107–116 (.480)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Joe Kittell". UMary Athletics. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. Mellenbruch, Joe (31 October 2013). "Kittel brings right attitude, culture to LRSC Men's Basketball". Devils Lake Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. Harwood, Rod (17 April 2013). "Pronghorn assistant coach accepts head coach at Lake Region State College". Gillette News Record. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. Miller, Tom (6 May 2013). "COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Kittell hits the ground running at Lake Region". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. "Kittell named new men's basketball coach at U-Mary". The Bismarck Tribune. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. Selvig, Dave (9 March 2021). "Kittell resigns as University of Mary men's basketball coach". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. Larson, Brian (31 March 2017). "Kittell named Samaritan's Feet 2017 "Barefoot Coach of the Year"". UMary Athletics. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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