Duane Klueh
| Duane Klueh | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 6, 1926 Bottineau, North Dakota |
| Playing career | |
| 1946–1949 1949–1950 1950–1951 |
Indiana State Denver Nuggets Fort Wayne Pistons |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1955–1967 | Indiana State |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Championships Indiana Collegiate Conference, 1965, 1966, 1967 | |
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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) is a retired American basketball player and coach. Born in Bottineau, North Dakota, 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 1949 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 71st pick overall, taken second in the eighth round of the 1949 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, and he was also taken first in the same round of the same draft (70th pick overall) by the Indianapolis Jets . He never played for the Celtics and the Jets, 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]
Basketball head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Indiana State University (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1955–1967) | |||||||||
| 1955-1956 | Indiana State | 8-16 | 2-10 | ||||||
| 1956-1957 | Indiana State | 12-13 | 2-10 | ||||||
| 1957-1958 | Indiana State | 11-14 | 2-10 | ||||||
| 1958-1959 | Indiana State | 17-10 | 9-3 | 1st | NAIA 2nd round | ||||
| 1959-1960 | Indiana State | 7-13 | 4-8 | ||||||
| 1960-1961 | Indiana State | 17-9 | 9-3 | 1st | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 1964-1965 | Indiana State | 13-10 | 7-5 | 1st | |||||
| 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) | ||||||||
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National champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference tournament champion
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