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BIO
About Coach Kline...
- Alma Mater: Indiana Tech
- Playing Experience: Played four seasons at Indiana Tech
- Record: 475-324 (overall), 335-240 at Park (All-time men's basketball coaching wins leader at Park)
- Entering 21st 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...
- The Pirates return to the Heart Conference Tournament in 2024-25 led by 20th year head coach Jason Kline. Park had three all-conference honorees, two of which, Abubakar Kromah and Jaden Robinson each had Heart Defensive Player of the Week awards. Park was the No. 5 seed in the Heart Tournament and appeared in the Quarterfinal round.
- Park men's basketball is the second collegiate team at all levels to have a logo sponsorship on their 2024-25 jerseys.
- Entering 2024-2025, Kline ranks 11th among active NAIA men's basketball coaches in both wins and winning percentage.
- 25+ players playing or have played professionally
- In 2023-24, a five-game winning streak to end the Heart regular season, lifted the Pirates to a Heart Quarterfinal appearance.
- 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 44 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 77 All-Conference honorees and 161 Academic All-Conference award winners.
- Has guided Park to nine 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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