Casey Kasperbauer was named the Head Men's Basketball Coach in April of 2025, the 19th leader in the program's 110-year history.
Prior to his position at Upper Iowa, Kasperbauer was the Assistant Coach (Offensive Coordinator) with the Coyote men's basketball team from 2021-24, where he played a key role in developing an offense that ranked in the top five nationally in scoring, ball control, tempo, and free-throw rate. His recruiting efforts helped secure players across the Midwest, including Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
In 2020, Kasperbauer served as the Assistant Coach (Defensive Coordinator) for the Coyotes for one season before transitioning to the offensive coordinator. During his first season as the assistant coach in 2020-21, he guided three players to All-Summit League honors, including A.J. Plitzuweit, who was named Newcomer of the Year.
His stint with the Coyote coaching staff began in 2018, when he took the role of Director of Operations, overseeing team travel, budgets, and video edits for scouting purposes.
Kasperbauer also spent a season (2017-18) as a skills coach for Pure Sweat Basketball in Des Moines, Iowa, where he developed training programs for various skill levels.
A 2016 graduate of USD, Kasperbauer was a 1,000-point scorer for the Coyotes and is USD's all-time leader in free-throw shooting, with a career percentage of 90.8%. He played professionally for BC Rustavi in the Republic of Georgia (2016-17), averaging 13.5 points per game.
He graduated with a bacherlor's degree in sports management.
Kasperbauer will be joined in Fayette by his wife, Lindsey Schulz, and daughter, Carter.
