Chris Klieman

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She wants it.

North Dakota States former coach, now at Kansas State.

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Only reason I've ever heard is because he didn't build that program

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69-6 with 4 FCS National Titles at North Dakota State....

What about bohl? Head coach at Wyoming who built North Dakota state and found josh Allen

In 2011, Craig Bohl hired Klieman as a defensive backs coach. He became the defensive coordinator the following season in 2012 until being promoted in 2014. After Bohl announced that he was leaving to become the head coach of Wyoming, then athletic director Gene Taylor promoted Klieman to become the 30th head football coach in Bison history in 2014.

After winning three consecutive National Championships and going 43–2 since 2011, the expectations for the 2014 team were not high. The Bison had lost their starting quarterback and a total of 30 seniors that graduated before the season started. But 2014 surprised everyone when he and future 2nd overall NFL draft pick Carson Wentz led the Bison to a 15–1 overall record and a fourth consecutive national championship by beating Illinois State in a close, hard-fought championship game. NDSU became the first Division 1 football program to win four consecutive championships.

In 2015, the Bison continued their winning ways and ended the season 13–2 with a fifth consecutive national championship, the most by any NCAA football program in history.

In 2016, the Bison again won their conference title, but lost in the FCS semifinals to James Madison, their first playoff loss in 6 years. They ended the year at 12–2, their sixth straight season with double-digit wins. The 2017 season continued the Bison dominance by again going 10–1 and winning their seventh consecutive MVFC title and avenging the previous years loss to James Madison by beating them in the Championship Game 17–13. It was Klieman's third National Championship in four seasons and the Bison's sixth in seven years. They won it all again in 2018.

I would be ok with Klieman. I think most people don't even consider him because K-State has just kept rolling along like the old man is still coaching.

Inheriting a successful program and continuing to build on that success doesn't mean he CAN'T rebuild one. They're not mutually exclusive.

If he can continue to keep that program firing on all cylinders then he's clearly a good coach. Taking ANY team of 18-22 year old kids to reach their maximum potential every year isn't an easy task anywhere.

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Why is he never brought up in coaching searches?

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He has. He's not being talked about seriously because there is a 0% chance he leaves Manhattan after one year.