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Kevin Klemm begins his fourth season as an assistant coach at Stanford. In his first season on the Farm, the Cardinal posted a top-20 finish for the first time in 15 years. For the next two seasons, Klemm worked with Matt Gentry, Stanford's first-ever NCAA Champion and Midlands Champion. Last year, he helped sophomore Tanner Gardner to All-America honors and led the team to its second winning season in three years.
Klemm moved to The Farm from the Midwest, where he had been serving as the head coach of the East Kansas Wrestling Club from 1989-2003. During his tenure, Klemm helped produce over 100 USA Wrestling All-Americans, 21 USAW individual national champions, and more than 15 wrestlers who earned scholarships at Division I schools.
In addition to his duties at East Kansas Club, Klemm also coached for the Missouri Tiger Wrestling Club, the USA Kansas Junior Nationals Duals and the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club.
Klemm continued to compete during his coaching career, posting a fourth place finish at 76 kilograms at the 1999 Veteran World Wrestling Championships in Romania and earned the Goriarran Award at the 1998 Championships.
As a collegiate wrestler at Central Missouri State, Klemm qualified for the 1985 NCAA Division II Championships at 150 pounds. He was voted by his teammates as most inspirational and team captain. Klemm attended Johnson County Community College before transferring to CMSU and qualified for the 1983 NJCAA Championships at 142 pounds.
Klemm and his wife, Iva, have two daughters, Rachel and Emily, and a son, Kevin Jr. The family currently resides in Mountain View.