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Dakota State Trojans men's basketball

The Dakota State Trojans men's basketball team represents Dakota State University, competing as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). During the 2025–26 academic year, the Trojans will be moving to the Frontier Conference. The Trojans play their home games at the DSU Fieldhouse in Madison, South Dakota. Their current head coach is Kevin Williamson.

History

Conference affiliations

Conference championships

The Trojans have won 3 regular season championships and 2 conference tournament championships.

South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference

  • Regular Season Champion (1 time): 1967

North Star Athletic Association

  • Regular Season Champion (2 times): 2015, 2016
  • Conference tournament champion (2 times): 2015, 2016

Postseason

NAIA tournament results

Dakota State has appeared in the NAIA tournament 5 times. Their combined record is 5–5.

Frontier tournament results

Dakota State has appeared in the Frontier Conference tournament once. Their combined record is 0–1.

NSAA tournament results

Dakota State has appeared in the NSAA tournament 12 times. Their combined record is 13–10

Coaches

Current Coaching Staff

Arenas

Individual awards and honors

All-Americans

NAIA

SDIC honors

All-Conference

  • George Gregerson (1930)
  • Oxy Oxwan (1930)
  • "Archie" Turner (1930)
  • LeMar Nelson (1954)
  • Maury Poppen (1956-57)
  • Dick Miller (1958)
  • Jerry Manthey (1959)
  • Gene Appelwick (1960)
  • Leroy Debeer (1963)
  • Myron Moen (1965-68)
  • Simon Schloe (1967-68)
  • Cliff Anderson (1971-73)
  • Mike Peterreins (1973-76)
  • Warren Quail (1975)
  • Randy Schaefer (1982-83)
  • Tim Asche (1983-85)
  • Todd Cavanaugh (1984-85)
  • Brian Kearn (1985-86)
  • Brett Schwartz (1988-91)
  • Fred Fleming (1990)
  • Rob Grady (1991)
  • Earnest Monette (1992)
  • Keith Carter (1993)
  • Floyd Johnson (1993)
  • Jason Smidt (1999-2000)
  • Scot Namanny (1999)

DAC honors

All-Conference

  • Scot Namanny (2001)
  • J.F. Jensen (2003)
  • Sal Raphael (2005)
  • Ryan Burggraff (2005)
  • Joe Backus (2006-08)
  • Mike Larsen (2011)

NSAA honors

First team All-NSAA

  • Dylan Hale (2014)
  • Yusuf Vinson (2014)
  • Bryant Allen (2015)
  • Kyle Kilgore (2016-17)
  • Tanner Heiser (2017)
  • Justin Folkers (2019)
  • Lamarr Wood (2022)

Second team All-NSAA

  • Miguel Sansavour (2014)
  • Derek Meger (2015)
  • Tanner Heiser (2016)
  • Justin Folkers (2018)
  • Josh McGreal (2020)
  • Ronnie Latting (2022)
  • Sam Muller (2023)
  • Mison Coilton (2024)

Honorable mention All-NSAA

  • Kevin Daniels (2018)
  • Ronnie Latting (2021)
  • Brayden Pankonin (2025)

Frontier honors

First team All–Frontier

  • Nathan Ojukwu (2026)
  • Lukas Morgan (2026)

References

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