HARDROCKER FOOTBALL Hardrocker Football Coaching Staff Head Football Coach
DAN KRATZER South Dakota Tech has selected Dan Kratzer as its new head football coach. Kratzer has been the assistant head coach and receivers coach at Kent State University, a NCAA Division I school in Kent, Ohio, for the last four years. Kratzer spent six seasons as head coach at Lindenwood University in Missouri from 1995-2000, where he guided the team to its first ever NAIA playoff game in 1998. He served as head coach at Hastings College in Nebraska, from 1990-1994, where he won conference championships in 1991 and 1992, and guided the team to three NAIA playoff appearances. He has had additional experience as an assistant at Miami (Ohio) in 1986, as the head coach at Ohio Northern University in 1984 and 1985, and as an assistant at Indiana University in 1983. A native of Lathrop, Missouri, Kratzer received a bachelor's degree in physical education from Missouri Valley in 1971, and earned his master's degree in education from Central Missouri State University in 1976. He was selected in the 8th round of the 1972 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and moved to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1973. He served in 1982 as the administrative assistant for Coach Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers summer camp. He and his wife Suzanne have two grown children, daughter Danielle (Fahey) and son Reggie, who played for his father at Lindenwood. They are proud grandparents of Reaghan Fahey. "Dan will be a great addition to the Tech staff," offered SDSM&T Athletics Director Hugh Welsh. "He has experience at every level of football, from small college to Division I, and all of us will be excited to watch him build the program. We were pleased with the quality of the applicants, and Dan's appointment ends the process that started with 65 candidates."
Offensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator/ Strength & Conditioning Coordinator
TRAVIS EVERHART Travis Everhart enters his first year as the offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator for the South Dakota Tech Hardrocker football program. Coach Everhart hails from Frankfort, Ohio, and comes to Tech from Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio, where he served two stints at Tiffin for the 2002-2003 seasons and returned in March of 2005. At Tiffin, Coach Everhart served as the run game coordinator and coached the offensive line and tight ends. He was also in charge of many other aspects of the football program where he was the director of football operations, equipment coordinator, academic coordinator, film coordinator, and assistant strength and conditioning coordinator. In the spring of 2004 Everhart was named head football coach at Unioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio where he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Prior to coming to Tiffin University, he coached at California University of Pennsylvania during the 2000-2001 seasons as the tight ends coach and academic coordinator. Coach Everhart's first coaching position was at his alma mater, Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where he was in charge of the running backs. Everhart obtained his Master's degree in Geography and Regional Planning from California University of Pennsylvania in 2001. While at Capital University he received his degree in Elementary Education in 1999. As a player at Capital, Everhart started three seasons and earned four letters at nose tackle and long snapper. He was also the Crusader Award recipient for the player who best represents the characteristics of a champion on and off the field. Coach Everhart is a 1995 graduate of Adena High School where he was a team captain and Honorable Mention All Scioto Valley Conference lineman. Coach Everhart is a member of the American Football Coaches' Association and participates in the AFCA Professional Development Series. Everhart is single and resides in Rapid City.