The 2024 season saw Johansen lead a unit that ranked in the top 10 in scoring defense and top 20 in rushing defense.

He won 100 games and two national championships during two five-year stints as head coach at UMD and also served nine years as the school's athletic director.

South Dakota won a share of its first Missouri Valley Football Conference championship and played in its first FCS semifinal in 2024.

The University of South Dakota announced that head football coach Bob Nielson is stepping down with plans to retire after coaching 32 seasons.

The mom said that although her dad grumbled at the table, things came to a head later that day when he started complaining about their "lack of manners" Laura Caron was 28 and the alleged victim was 13 when the pair's child was born in 2019,

Travis Johansen is the 31st head football coach of the University of South Dakota football team. He replaces Bob Nielson, who announced he was stepping down on Thursday.

For the first time in almost a decade, the South Dakota Coyotes football program will not be led by Bob Nielson, who announced his retirement on Thursday afternoon. Nielson spent nine of his 32 years of head coaching experience with the Coyotes,