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WATCH: Kansas State AD interrupts NDSU practice to offer Chris Klieman head coaching job

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Typically when a head coach gets offered a new job, it’s done behind closed doors in a relatively secretive manner. It’s an attempt to keep disruptions to a minimum.

Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor didn’t want to keep anything secret, though. Instead, he recorded his exchange with current North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman and made the video public on Twitter.

Taylor called Klieman on Monday evening to ask him about taking over the program at Kansas State. Though Klieman was still running a Bison practice, he had to answer the phone.

It was a really cool moment, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at how the agreement was made.

For the last five seasons, Klieman has been the head coach of FCS powerhouse North Dakota State. He won three national championships in his first four seasons in Fargo and has the Bison competing four a fourth title this season. NDSU will face South Dakota State in the FCS Playoff semifinal on Friday night.

In five seasons with North Dakota State, Klieman has compiled a 67-6 record and has won at least 12 games every year. This season, the Bison are a perfect 13-0.

Klieman has also led North Dakota State to two wins over FBS programs during his tenure. In 2014, the Bison knocked off Iowa State. Two years later in 2016, NDSU took down Iowa.

Under Snyder, Kansas State went 215-117-1 in two stints. Last season, the Wildcats finished the year 5-7.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB