Joe Kittell

Joe Kittell

Biographical details
Alma mater	North Dakota State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2006	North Dakota State (SA)
2006–2007	Mayville State (assistant)
2007–2008	NDSCS (assistant)
2008–2009	Breckenridge High (assistant)
2009–2010	Colorado State (assistant)
2010–2013	Gillette College (assistant)
2013–2015	Lake Region
2015–2021	Mary
Head coaching record
Overall	107-116
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Samaritan's Feet Coach of the Year (2017)

Joe Kittell is an American college basketball coach, formerly the head coach for the University of Mary Marauders.

A native of Garrison, North Dakota, Kittell began his coaching career as a student assistant at North Dakota State University from 2002 to 2006. He was then hired at Mayville State University and spent only one season there before leaving for the North Dakota State College of Science, but again was only there for one season. From there, he went to Breckenridge High School (Minnesota) where he was the assistant boys' basketball coach. While there he also directed Every Child's Important (ECI) Youth Services, a non-profit organization that runs summer traveling basketball teams in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota. ^{[1] [2]}

During the 2009–10 season, Kittell was the a video coordinator at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Afterwards, he was hired as an assistant coach at Gillette College for three years. ^[3]

In 2013, Kittell was hired to his first head coaching job at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, North Dakota. During his two seasons there, he led the Royals to a record of 42–20. ^[4]

Kittell was hired as the head coach of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota on April 16, 2015. ^[5]

After the 2020–21 season, Kittell stepped down as the head coach of the Marauders and was replaced by Jack Nelson. ^[6]

He currently serves as the Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Mary ^[7]

Samaritan's Feet

In 2017, Kittell was named as the Samaritan's Feet Coach of the Year. ^[8]

Head Coaching Record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Lake Region (Mon-Dak Conference)(2013–2015)
2013–14	Lake Region	19–12
2014–15	Lake Region	23–8
Lake Region:		42–20 (.677)
Mary (NSIC)(2015–2021)
2015–16	Mary	19–12	12–10	6th
2016–17	Mary	12–17	10–12	T-8th
2017–18	Mary	6–21	4–18	T-15th
2018–19	Mary	12–17	9–13	T-10th
2019–20	Mary	12–17	7–15	6th
2020–21	Mary	4–12	4–10	13th
Mary:		65–96 (.404)	46–78 (.371)
Total:		107–116 (.480)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Joe Kittell". UMary Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
2. Mellenbruch, Joe (October 31, 2013). "Kittel brings right attitude, culture to LRSC Men's Basketball". Devils Lake Journal . Retrieved December 24, 2020.
3. Harwood, Rod (April 17, 2013). "Pronghorn assistant coach accepts head coach at Lake Region State College". Gillette News Record . Retrieved January 26, 2021.
4. Miller, Tom (May 6, 2013). "COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Kittell hits the ground running at Lake Region". Grand Forks Herald . Retrieved December 23, 2020.
5. "Kittell named new men's basketball coach at U-Mary". The Bismarck Tribune . April 16, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
6. Selvig, Dave (March 9, 2021). "Kittell resigns as University of Mary men's basketball coach". The Bismarck Tribune . Retrieved May 22, 2021.
7. "Joe Kittell". primematters.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
8. Larson, Brian (March 31, 2017). "Kittell named Samaritan's Feet 2017 "Barefoot Coach of the Year"". UMary Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2020.