Brian Kloman - Executive Director of Player Personnel & Strategic Initiatives - Men's Basketball Support Staff

Brian Kloman

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Executive Director of Player Personnel & Strategic Initiatives

Brian Kloman enters his second season at the University of Louisville under Pat Kelsey in 2025-26. Kloman was promoted to Executive Director of Player Personnel and Strategic Initiatives in August of 2025.

Kloman has spent 11 seasons working with Kelsey: one at Louisville, three at the College of Charleston and seven at Winthrop.

In his new role at UofL, Kloman will take on a pivotal role in recruiting, roster construction and cap management, leveraging his extensive network and proven track record as one of the nation’s most connected and effective recruiters, both domestically and internationally. His ability to identify and secure top talent has been instrumental in the construction of Louisville’s rosters for the last two seasons.

Kloman's forward-thinking approach and ability to stay ahead of trends in college basketball will be a cornerstone of his new role. His expertise in strategic initiatives will focus on positioning Louisville at the forefront of the sport’s rapidly changing dynamics and navigating the complexities of modern college athletics.

In the Kloman's first year in Louisville, the Cardinals produced a 27-8 record finishing second in the ACC with an 18-2 league record. UofL also finished runner-up in the league at the ACC Tournament, making the program's first-ever appearance in an ACC Championship game. The Cards earned an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament as an eight-seed, returning to the Big Dance for the first time since 2019.

Kloman was instrumental in helping Kelsey recruit an entirely new team in 2024-25, returning no scholarship players from the previous season. Chucky Hepburn earned All-ACC First Team honors while also being named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and an AP Honorable Mention All-American. Terrence Edwards Jr. picked up Third Team All-ACC honors. The Cardinals were one of the most improved teams in the country both in total wins from the previous season and in NET ranking from the end of 2023-24 to the end of 2024-25.

CofC went 75-27 overall (.735) in Kloman and Kelsey’s three seasons, claiming back-to-back Coastal Athletic Association regular season and tournament championships in 2023 and 2024.

During their time together at Winthrop, the Eagles compiled a 152-65 (.700) record, made four Big South Conference championship game appearances and earned three NCAA Tournament berths in 2017, 2020 and 2021.

Kloman and Kelsey’s total time together has produced an overall record of 254-100 (.718) over 11 seasons at the three programs.

Prior to Winthrop, Kloman worked as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech and North Carolina Central. He helped NCCU to a 28-6 record and NCAA Tournament bid in 2014.

His coaching career also includes stints at Pikeville College, Daniel Webster and Pfeiffer University. In 2008, Kloman founded RecruitingRumors.com, which became one of the most popular sources for recruiting information amongst college coaches.

A native of Asheville, N.C., Kloman is a 2002 graduate of the University of Tennessee. His father, Chris Ferguson, has been in college coaching for more than 30 years.