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Head Coach Jeff Dittman
Jeff Dittman returns back to Dakota State University after a four-year coaching stint at Hastings College in Hastings, Neb. He begins his sixteenth year as head coach of the Lady T's with new set of challenges facing his squad.
During Dittman's four-year coaching stint at Hastings, he compiled an overall record of 91-42 and 45-29 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). He guided the Broncos to three NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Tournament appearances - national runner-up in 2009 and two 'Sweet Sixteen' appearances in 2010 and 2012. During the 2009-10 season, Dittman guided his team to a No. 1 ranking in the final regular-season poll with an overall record of 31-4 and earned the GPAC conference and conference tournament titles. In addition, he received Coach of the Year honors from the GPAC.
Dittman is no stranger to Dakota State as he coached the Lady T's basketball team for 15 years. He took DSU to six national tournament appearances, including two 'Elite Eight' appearances in 2000 and 2006. His teams also advanced to the 'Sweet Sixteen' round in 2001 and 2008. He produced an overall record of 245-201 (.549 winning percentage) - the most wins by a women's basketball head coach at DSU - and earned five conference regular-season titles (two consecutive years in 2000 and 2001 and three straight seasons from 2006 to 2008). Dittman's Lady T squad also won three conference tournament championships in 2000, 2004 and 2007.
In Dittman's tenure at Dakota State, the Lady T's were ranked in the NAIA 'Top Twenty' numerous times - ranking as high as No. 5 during the 2007-08 season. He was named the conference Coach of the Year three times (1998, 2001 and 2007) and the South Dakota Basketball Coaches' Association Coach of the Year two times (2000 and 2006).
Dakota State produced produced two All-Americans, four Honorable Mention All-American, and nineteen All-Conference players during Dittman's first coaching tenure with the Lady T's. Besides their success on the court, the DSU Lady T's produced eighteen NAIA Academic All-Americans.
Jeff and his wife Dawn have a daughter Taylor and reside in Madison.
E-mail: jeff.dittman@dsu.edu
Assistant Coach Chris Stoebner
Chris Stoebner completed his first year as Dakota State University women's basketball assistant coach. He is a Harrisburg, S.D. native and a former South Dakota State University men's basketball standout.
Stoebner came to Dakota State from St. Olaf (Minn.) where he was an assistant men's basketball coach last season. Prior to St. Olaf, he was the girls' basketball head coach and guidance counselor at Orono High School in Long Lake, Minn. for three years.
Stoebner graduated from South Dakota State University with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2004 and master's degree in counseling and human resource development in 2007. He played on the Jackrabbits men's basketball team during his four-year collegiate career and qualified to the regional tournament in each year. He was a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) championship teams in 2001 and 2002 (under head coach Scott Nagy). Stoebner was named All-Conference team in his senior year and earned NCC All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2002 and 2003.
While continuing his education at SDSU, he was the student assistant coach for the Jackrabbits men's basketball program for one season. He was the head freshmen girls' basketball coach for two years at Brookings High School. He also was the head freshmen boys' basketball coach during the 2006-07 season.
Stoebner will also guide the Dakota State's junior varsity women's basketball program.
Chris and his wife Jona have a daughter Cora.
E-mail: chris.stoebner@dsu.edu
Phone: 605-359-4412
