Luke Langenfeld, a 1997 graduate of Morningside College, completed his fourth year as the head baseball coach at the University of Sioux Falls. Luke went from playing directly into coaching as he entered his seventh year of collegiate coaching at the age of 28.

Langenfeld is originally from Denison, IA. He spent his first two years at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) where he played shortstop for two years next to Minnesota Twins 3rd baseman, Kory Koskie. He played his junior year at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IA, where he received defensive MVP honors. He then transferred to Morningside College to play his senior year as the starting shortstop. Langenfeld joined the Morningside coaching staff in the 1996-1997 season and graduated with a Business Management major and Physical Education minor.

Langenfeld came to the University of Sioux Falls in the fall of 1997, where he took on a graduate-assistant coaching position for two years while earning his Masters in Business Administration. After the two-year graduate-assistantship Langenfeld took over the reigns as head coach at USF in the fall of 1999 where his team won the school’s first-ever conference tournament championship and advanced to the regional playoffs. Along the way the Cougars broke 18 school records.

This past season under Langenfeld, the Cougars boasted a 27-14 season finishing third in the conference during the regular season. In addition to his baseball coaching duties Langenfeld serves as strength and conditioning coach for all the men’s sports at USF.