South Dakota State Jackrabbits basketball history
South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD)
Frost Arena
Summit League
Current head coach: Eric Henderson (2019-)
- Assoc. HC: Rob Klinkefus (2006-)
- Asst: Bryan Petersen (2019-)
- Asst: Tramel Barnes (2019-21, 2024-)
- Asst: Billy Brown (2022-)
- Asst/DBO: Tucker Wookey (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships:Â 0
- Final Four Appearances:Â 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances:Â 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: Â 7Â (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record:Â 0-7
- NIT Championships:Â 0
- NIT Appearances:Â 2Â (2015, 2019)
- NIT Overall Record:Â 1-2
- CBI Appearances:Â 1Â (2014)
- CBI Overall Record:Â 0-1
- NCAA Division II National Championships: Â 1 Â (1963)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: Â 24Â (1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: Â 3Â (1961, 1963, 1985)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record:Â 35-23
- NAIA Tournament Appearances:Â 4Â (1943, 1948, 1951, 1956)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record:Â 0-4
Conference Titles (NCC, UBC, Summit):
- Summit League Regular Season Championships: Â 9Â (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- NCC (Div II) Regular Season Championships: Â 18Â (1929, 1940, 1943, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002)
- Summit League Tournament Championships: Â 6Â (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year:Â 0
- John R. Wooden Award:Â 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy:Â 0
- AP All-Americans: Â 1Â (Nate Wolters, 2013)
- Summit League Player of the Year: Â 7Â (last = Zeke Mayo, 2024)
South Dakota State head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Eric Henderson | 2019-Pres | 109-48 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| T.J. Otzelberger | 2016-19 | 70-33 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Nagy | 1995-2016 | 410-240 | 3 (4^) | 3 (8^) | 0 |
| Brad Soderberg | 1993-95 | 36-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Thorson | 1985-93 | 137-100 | 1^ | 3^ | 0 |
| Gene Zulk | 1974-85 | 176-129 | 2^ | 4^ | 0 |
| Jim Marking | 1965-74 | 148-80 | 4^ | 5^ | 0 |
| Jim Iverson | 1956-65 | 142-65 | 3^ | 4^ | 1^ |
| Sox Walseth | 1954-56 | 31-18 | 1^ | 1^ | 0 |
| R.B. “Jack” Frost | 1947-54 | 86-79 | 0 | 2^ | 0 |
| Thurlo McCrady | 1941-47 | 62-63 | 1^ | 1^ | 0 |
| James Baker | 1937-41 | 41-27 | 1^ | 0 | 0 |
| R.H. “Red” Threlfall | 1930-33, 36-37 | 26-32 | – | – | – |
| Lemme Herting | 1933-36 | 20-31 | – | – | – |
| George Edmonds | 1927-30 | 32-15 | 1^ | – | – |
| Noble Redmen | 1926-27 | 2-9 | – | – | – |
| C.A. “Jack” West | 1919-26 | 68-58 | – | – | – |
| Alec Culhane | 1917-19 | 11-4 | – | – | – |
| Harry “Buck” Ewing | 1912-17 | 14-20-1 | – | – | – |
| Frederick Johnson | 1911-12 | 2-5 | – | – | – |
| J.M. Saunderson | 1907-11 | 12-7 | – | – | – |
| William Juneau | 1906-07 | 5-3 | – | – | – |
| no coach | 1903-05 | 2-2 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles and tournament appearances came when South Dakota State was at either the NAIA or NCAA Division II level; SDSU moved up to Division I prior to the 2004-05 season
NOTE:Â Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
