Mark Ekeland

Mark Ekeland

• School Augustana College
• High School Rapid City Central High School

• Born ~1951

Biographical Information

Mark Ekeland was a college coach for many years.

He was a state champion in basketball in high school and played baseball and football in college, graduating in 1973. He immediately went into coaching high school in Nebraska, coaching basketball and football.

Ekeland was head baseball coach at Jamestown College from 1979-1983, going 48-85, and also was assistant football and men's basketball and head coach for women's basketball. He then was 573-381-2 at South Dakota State University from 1984-2003. He took the team to the 1984 Division II College World Series, their only trip to the Division II College World Series. He set a school record for wins in 1993 and 1994 with 39, going 39-10-1 the latter year. He won North Central Conference Coach of the Year five times. He set the South Dakota State record for wins.

Source: South Dakota State Hall of Fame

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1979	Jamestown College	10-11
1980	Jamestown College	7-19
1981	Jamestown College	9-25
1982	Jamestown College	7-16
1983	Jamestown College	15-14
1984	South Dakota State University	27-13	9-4	NCC / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1985	South Dakota State University	27-15	13-3	NCC
1986	South Dakota State University	27-13	13-0	NCC
1987	South Dakota State University	29-17	10-2	NCC
1988	South Dakota State University	21-21	7-3	NCC
1989	South Dakota State University	30-16	11-1	NCC
1990	South Dakota State University	31-17	9-1	NCC / Division II Regionals
1991	South Dakota State University	29-19	12-4	NCC
1992	South Dakota State University	31-16	9-2	NCC / Division II Regionals
1993	South Dakota State University	39-15	8-3	NCC / Division II Regionals
1994	South Dakota State University	39-10-1	11-1	NCC / Division II Regionals
1995	South Dakota State University	30-20	7-5	NCC / Division II Regionals
1996	South Dakota State University	34-13	12-4	NCC
1997	South Dakota State University	24-19	6-6	NCC
1998	South Dakota State University	24-18	11-9	NCC
1999	South Dakota State University	24-21	13-7	NCC
2000	South Dakota State University	23-19-1	10-9-1
2001	South Dakota State University	27-17	13-5	NCC
2002	South Dakota State University	25-23	10-10	NCC
2003	South Dakota State University	14-29	7-17