Casey Klunder

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]

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]

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]