Joe KlandermanJoe Klanderman is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator at Baylor University.Coaching careerMinnesota StateAfter playing on the defensive line for the Minnesota State Mavericks from 1997 until 2001, Klanderman began his coaching career at his alma mater in 2002 as the team’s defensive line coach. In 2005 he changed the position he coached, and began coaching the defensive backs. In 2007 he was promoted to the team’s defensive coordinator while also coaching the linebackers a position he held until the end of the 2013 season.North Dakota StateIn 2014 [North Dakota State Bison football team|2014] he joined the reigning FCS champions, the North Dakota State Bison as the team’s defensive backs coach. During his five year tenure in North Dakota, the Bison won four FCS championships and his defensive backs room collected over one hundred interceptions.Kansas StateIn 2019 Klanderman followed Chris Klieman to Manhattan, Kansas and became Kansas State’s safeties coach. On March 2, 2020 he was promoted and given the reigns over the defense as the team’s defensive coordinator while retaining his role in the secondary coaching the safeties.Personal lifeKlanderman and his wife, Amanda, are the parents of four children.