Van Klohmann returns to Rolla for his fifth season with the Miners, previously working three seasons with women's basketball from 2020-23 and one with men's basketball in 2019-20. Klohmann spent his one season away from S&T as the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Evansville in Indiana.
In Klohmann's second year with the women's program in 2021-22, he focused on player development of forwards and centers and assisted with daily operations of the program. S&T saw a seven-win improvement from 2020-21 and won their highest amount of overall and conference games since the 2012-13 season. The Miners also hosted two of the top four shot blockers in the league in freshman Katelynne Roberts, who led the GLVC with 38 and Alex Kerr, who ranked fourth with 29. The Miners saw two All-GLVC Second Team selections in Kerr and Laura Rodriguez and ranked in the top 10 in the GLVC statistically in several categories, including field goal percentage, three-point FG percentage, steals, assists and rebounding, and ranked third in blocked shots. Kerr and Rodriguez also ranked in the top 15 in the league in scoring average while Kerr was again among the top five in rebounding average and blocks. Marta Durk was also among the league leaders in assists, and was top five in steals.
Prior to joining the Miners, Klohmann worked as a graduate assistant coach at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. While there, he assisted in operations of the program, aided in player development of forwards and centers, and helped with all aspects of weekly game scouts, workouts, training and conditioning.
Before William Woods, Klohmann was the assistant coach for Westminster College (Mo.) where he helped the team make it to the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Tournament semi-finals. He was also responsible for player development, practice plans, and game day preparations.
Klohmann is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Social Studies. He earned his Master of Education degree from William Woods in May 2017.
