Duane Klueh

Duane Klueh
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Indiana State University
Biographical details
Born	January 6, 1926 (1926-01-06) (age 85)
Place of birth	Bottineau, North Dakota
Playing career
1946–1949	Indiana State University
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955–1967	Indiana State University
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Indiana Collegiate Conference, 1965, 1966, 1967
Awards
1948 -- Player of the Year, Helms Foundation 1948 -- All-American, Helms Foundation 1948 -- Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award 4x Coach of the Year, Indiana Collegiate Conference, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1967

Duane M. Klueh (born January 6, 1926 in Bottineau, North Dakota) is a retired American basketball player and coach. He currently lives in Terre Haute, Indiana and was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University for 12 seasons (1955–1967). Klueh played professionally in the NBA from 1950 to 1951.

Basketball career

He had a spectacular playing career; being selected 'All-American' by the Helms Foundation as well as winning the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award in the 1948 NAIA tournament.

Klueh was the 36th pick overall, taken second in the eighth round of the 1949 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. He never played for the Celtics, but was a member of the Denver Nuggets and Fort Wayne Pistons; averaging over 8 pts during his brief (2-yr) career.

He is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame,^[1] the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame^[2] the NAIA Hall of Fame and was a charter inductee to the Indiana State University Hall of Fame in 1982.

His #54 is only one of two numbers retired by Indiana State University.^[3]

He held the career scoring record when he graduated in 1948 and is still in the Top Ten in total points (# 7; 1,432 points) and scoring average (# 10; 15.7 ppg).

Tennis career

In addition to his success on the collegiate hardwood, Klueh also enjoyed a standout career on the tennis courts, winning the 1948 Little States Singles Championship in Indiana.

He returned to ISU following his professional basketball career and assumed the role of head tennis coach, leading the Sycamores to a school-record 278 wins during two coaching tenures totaling over 26 seasons. ISU’s on-campus tennis complex, constructed in 1996, bears his name.^[4]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana State University (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1955–1967)
1955-1956	Indiana State	8-16	2-10		none
1956-1957	Indiana State	12-13	2-10		None
1957-1958	Indiana State	11-14	2-10		None
1958-1959	Indiana State	17-10	9-3	1st	NAIA 2nd round
1959-1960	Indiana State	7-13	4-8		None
1960-1961	Indiana State	17-9	9-3	1st	None
1961-1962	Indiana State	19-11	7-5		NAIA 2nd round
1962-1963	Indiana State	18-7	8-4	1st	NAIA 2nd round
1963-1964	Indiana State	17-8	6-6		None
1964-1965	Indiana State	13-10	7-5		None
1965-1966	Indiana State	22-6	9-3	1st	NCAA Div II 1st round
1966–1967	Indiana State	21-5	10-1	1st	NCAA Div II 2nd round
Indiana State:		182-122 (.602)
Total:		182-122 (.602)
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ http://hoopshall.com/hall/k/duane-klueh/
2. ^ http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&KEY=&ATCLID=272670
3. ^ http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15200&ATCLID=1147152
4. ^ http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15200&ATCLID=1147152

External links

• [1] @ basketballreference.com
• [2] @ hoopshall.com
• [3] @ gosycamores.com

Persondata
Name	Klueh, Duane
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Date of birth	January 6, 1926
Place of birth	Bottineau, North Dakota
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