The Dakota State Trojans men's basketball team represents Dakota State University, competing as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). During the 2025–26 academic year, the Trojans will be moving to the Frontier Conference. The Trojans play their home games at the DSU Fieldhouse in Madison, South Dakota. Their current head coach is Kevin Williamson.
History
Conference affiliations South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1917–2000) Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2011) NAIA independent (2011–2013) North Star Athletic Association (2013–2025) Frontier Conference (2025–present)
Conference championships The Trojans have won 3 regular season championships and 2 conference tournament championships.
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Regular Season Champion (1 time): 1967 North Star Athletic Association Regular Season Champion (2 times): 2015, 2016 Conference tournament champion (2 times): 2015, 2016
Postseason NAIA tournament results Dakota State has appeared in the NAIA tournament 5 times. Their combined record is 5–5.
1992 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals EdgewoodKingWilliam JewellNorthwestern W 86–70W 92–79W 83–77L 68–91 2012 First Round McPherson L 63–69 2013 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Warner PacificSt. ThomasGrace W 89–80W 61–60L 59–72 2015 First Round College of Idaho L 64–65 2016 First Round Saint Francis L 81–96
Frontier tournament results Dakota State has appeared in the Frontier Conference tournament once. Their combined record is 0–1. 2026 6 Quarterfinals Carroll L 81–87
NSAA tournament results Dakota State has appeared in the NSAA tournament 12 times. Their combined record is 13–10 Tournament Champions 2014 2 SemifinalsChampionship Valley City StateJamestown W 74–56L 67–72 2015 2 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship Dickinson StateMayville StateJamestown W 85–74 W 75–57W 66–65 2016 3 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship WaldorfMayville StateJamestown W 101–84W 84–72W 79–65 2017 5 QuarterfinalsSemifinals ViterboBellevue W 56–52L 62–69 2018 6 Quarterfinals Dickinson State L 59–79 2019 7 Quarterfinals Presentation L 67–79 2020 7 Quarterfinals Mayville State L 59–74 2021 5 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship ViterboMayville StateBellevue W 95–88W 66–65L 57–63 2022 5 QuarterfinalsSemifinals Mayville StateViterbo W 74–68L 73–75 2023 6 Quarterfinals Dickinson State L 60–72 2024 4 QuarterfinalsSemifinals ViterboBellevue W 85–61L 66–70 2025 6 QuarterfinalsSemifinals Mayville StateJamestown W 86–75L 69–76
Coaches Current Coaching Staff Head Coach Kevin Williamson University of ProvidenceGraduate Assistant Matthew Vargas Graduate Assistant Tampa Scott IV Dakota Wesleyan UniversityStudent Assistant Elijah AllenStudent Assistant Luke Vargas
Arenas DSU Fieldhouse (1957–present)
Individual awards and honors All-Americans NAIA Year Player1967Myron Moen1973Cliff Anderson1991Brett Schwartz2000Jason Smidt2005Sal Raphael2007Joe Backus20082013Luke Lamb2014Dylan Hale2015Bryant Allen2016Kyle Kilgore2019Justin Folkers
SDIC honors All-Conference
George Gregerson (1930) Oxy Oxwan (1930) "Archie" Turner (1930) LeMar Nelson (1954) Maury Poppen (1956-57) Dick Miller (1958) Jerry Manthey (1959) Gene Appelwick (1960) Leroy Debeer (1963) Myron Moen (1965-68) Simon Schloe (1967-68) Cliff Anderson (1971-73) Mike Peterreins (1973-76) Warren Quail (1975) Randy Schaefer (1982-83) Tim Asche (1983-85) Todd Cavanaugh (1984-85) Brian Kearn (1985-86) Brett Schwartz (1988-91) Fred Fleming (1990) Rob Grady (1991) Earnest Monette (1992) Keith Carter (1993) Floyd Johnson (1993) Jason Smidt (1999-2000) Scot Namanny (1999)
DAC honors All-Conference Scot Namanny (2001) J.F. Jensen (2003) Sal Raphael (2005) Ryan Burggraff (2005) Joe Backus (2006-08) Mike Larsen (2011)
NSAA honors
First team All-NSAA Dylan Hale (2014) Yusuf Vinson (2014) Bryant Allen (2015) Kyle Kilgore (2016-17) Tanner Heiser (2017) Justin Folkers (2019) Lamarr Wood (2022)
Second team All-NSAA Miguel Sansavour (2014) Derek Meger (2015) Tanner Heiser (2016) Justin Folkers (2018) Josh McGreal (2020) Ronnie Latting (2022) Sam Muller (2023) Mison Coilton (2024)
Honorable mention All-NSAA Kevin Daniels (2018) Ronnie Latting (2021) Brayden Pankonin (2025)
Frontier honors First team All–Frontier Nathan Ojukwu (2026) Lukas Morgan (2026)
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