The Northern State Wolves men's basketball team represents Northern State University as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference at the NCAA Division II level. The Wolves play their home games at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Their current head coach is Matt Wilber.
Championships Northern State has won 39 Regular Season Championships, 6 Conference Tournament Championships, and 2 Central Region Tournament Championships
South Dakota State Conference Regular Season Championships (5 times): 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1916–17 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Regular Season Championships (17 times): 1923–24, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71 (Unknown Conference) Regular Season Championships (3 times): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Regular Season Champions (13 times): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23 North Division Titles (5 times): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23 Conference Tournament Champions (6 times): 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 NCAA Central Region Central Region Tournament Championships (2 times): 1998, 2018
Coaches Current Coaching Staff Head CoachMatt WilberAugustanaAssistant CoachJack NelsonWinona StateAssistant CoachWes SmithMissouri Western
List of head coaches 1 Fred W. Smith 1902–19092 Paul M. Young 1909–19103 Raymond L. Quigley 1910–19134 Frank L. Sieh 1913–19145 Clyde Fullerton 1914–19156 Lloyd R. Brown 1915–19167 Arthur L. Strum 1916–19178 William Wallace 1917–19189 Coach Gillis 1918–191910 Verne Collinge 1919–192011 Jacob Speelman 1920–192612 Joe Swetland 1926–192713 Telfer L. Mead 1927–192914 Robert Campbell 1929–193415 William L. Carberry 1934–193816 Harley L. Robertson 1938–194217 William L. Carberry 1942–1946 18 Clark Swisher 1946–195519 Bob Wachs 1955–198520 Bob Olson 1985–199921 Don Meyer 1999–201022 Paul Sather 2010–201923 Saul Phillips 2019–202524 Matt Wilber 2025–present
Arenas Wachs Arena 1986–present
All–Americans Harry Marske (1959) Mel Klein (1961) Jim Schlekeway (1968) Gary Evjen (1971) Bill Christensen (1975) Scott Bosanko (1981) Kevin King (1984) Scott Deadrick (1985) Kevin Burckhard (1993–94) Chad Hauger (1993) Eric Kline (1993–95) Lance Luitjens (1995) Jeremy Vliem (1995) Ryan Miller (1998) Brad Hansen (2002) Kevin Ratzsch (2009) Parker Fox (2021) Sam Masten (2023)
NSIC awards All-NSIC
Scott Bosanko (1980–81) Scott Kusler (1981–82) Kevin King (1982–84) Scott Deadrick (1983–85) Gene Lorenz (1985) Todd Jordre (1985) James Griffin (1986–87) Jeff Turner (1987) Shane Warwick (1988) Keith Moore (1989–90) Jason Boike (1990) Sarge Grimes (1991) Bob Upgren (1991) Donny Godel (1992) Doug Vieto (1992) Eric Kline (1993–95) Kevin Burckhard (1993–94) Lance Luitjens (1995–96) Scott Boekelheide (1995) Jeremy Vliem (1996–97)
Ryan Miller (1997–98) Ross Pankratz (1998) Mark Rich (1999) Scott Hanson (2000) Brad Hansen (2002) Sundance Wicks (2002–03) Jerod Obering (2003) Adam Grant (2004) Matt Hammer (2004–06) Steve Smiley (2004) Aaron Busack (2005–06) Craig Nelson (2006–08) Kevin Ratzsch (2007–09) Levi Hamilton (2007–08) Luke Wicks (2008) Mitch Boeck (2010) Collin Pryor (2011 and 2013) Dustin Tetzlaff (2012–13) Seth Bachand (2015) Tydan Storrusten (2015)
Skye Warwick (2016) Darin Peterka (2016 and 2018) Logan Doyle (2017–18) Ian Smith (2017–19) Mack Arvidson (2017) DJ Pollard (2018) Justin Decker (2019) Gabe King (2019–20) Parker Fox (2020–21) Mason Stark (2020–21) Andrew Kallman (2021) Tommy Chatman (2021) Jordan Belka (2022–23) Sam Masten (2022–23) Jacksen Moni (2023–24) Josh Dilling (2024) Joshua Book (2026)
Coach of the Year Bob Wachs (1985) Bob Olson (1991, 1993, 1995–96, 1998) Don Meyer (2002–03) Paul Sather (2018–19) Saul Phillips (2021, 2023)
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