| Joe Kittell | |
| Alma Mater: | North Dakota State |
| Coach Years1: | 2002–2006 |
| Coach Team1: | North Dakota State (SA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team2: | Mayville State (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team3: | NDSCS (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team4: | Breckenridge High (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team5: | Colorado State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2010–2013 |
| Coach Team6: | Gillette College (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team7: | Lake Region |
| Coach Years8: | 2015–2021 |
| Coach Team8: | Mary |
| Overall Record: | 107-116 |
| Awards: | Samaritan's Feet Coach of the Year (2017) |
Joe Kittell is an American college basketball coach, formerly the head coach for the University of Mary Marauders.
A native of Garrison, North Dakota, Kittell began his coaching career as a student assistant at North Dakota State University from 2002 to 2006. He was then hired at Mayville State University and spent only one season there before leaving for the North Dakota State College of Science, but again was only there for one season. From there, he went to Breckenridge High School (Minnesota) where he was the assistant boys' basketball coach. While there he also directed Every Child's Important (ECI) Youth Services, a non-profit organization that runs summer traveling basketball teams in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota.[1] [2]
During the 2009–10 season, Kittell was the a video coordinator at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Afterwards, he was hired as an assistant coach at Gillette College for three years.[3]
In 2013, Kittell was hired to his first head coaching job at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, North Dakota. During his two seasons there, he led the Royals to a record of 42–20.[4]
Kittell was hired as the head coach of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota on April 16, 2015.[5]
After the 2020-21 season, Kittell stepped down as the head coach of the Marauders and was replaced by Jack Nelson.[6]
In 2017, Kittell was named as the Samaritan's Feet Coach of the Year.[7]