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BIO
About Coach Kline...
- Alma Mater: Indiana Tech
- Playing Experience: Played four seasons at Indiana Tech
- Record: 445-296 (overall), 305-212 at Park (All-time men's basketball coaching wins leader at Park)
- Entering 19th season
Coaching experience before Park University...
- 1994-1997 / Indiana Tech, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
- 1995-1998 / Kansas Wesleyan, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
- 1998-2005 / Indiana Tech, Head Men's Basketball Coach (140-84 record)
More about Coach Kline...
- Earned his 300th win at Park against Baker University on February 16th, in the second to last regular season game of the 2022 season, 84-71.
- Led Park to the 2020-21 Heart Tournament Semifinals and to an NAIA National Championship Opening Round appearance.
- In 2020-21, Kline coached four Heart All-Conference award recipients, two Heart Scholar-Athletes, the Heart's Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, and one NAIA All-American Honorable Mention, Rodrigue Marthone.
- During the 2019-20 season, he was named AMC Coach of the Year and led Park to a share of the AMC Regular Season Conference Championship.
- Has guided Park University to six appearances in the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship (2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2021) and made two appearances in the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship (Point Lookout, Mo.) with Indiana Tech, in 2003-04 and 2004-05.
- Played at Indiana Tech for his father, Dan Kline, who was inducted in to the Indiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Was inducted to the Indiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.
- Has coached 12 individuals who have earned All-America designations in his 18 previous seasons at Park, including Xavielle Brown, a three-time All-American for the Pirates who was a two-time AMC Player of the Year and an AMC Freshman of the Year honoree. In 2019-20, Cory Reeves was selected to the NAIA Second Team All-America.
- In all, Kline's All-Americans have earned 26 All-America distinctions in 26 previous seasons. He's also coached 34 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 67 All-Conference honorees and 150 Academic All-Conference award winners.
- Has guided Park to eight different 20-win seasons, five of which ended in a trip to the national tournament.
- At Park he has been awarded AMC Coach of the Year in 2009-10 and 2019-20, and Independent Region Coach of the Year in 2005-06 and 2006-07. At Indiana Tech he was named Conference Coach of the Year in 2003-04.
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