The University of South Dakota football program announced it has promoted defensive coordinator Travis Johansen to head coach after Bob Nielson stepped down to retire on Thursday. The 2024 season ...

VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) — The USD football team has a new head coach in Travis Johansen, who was formally introduced Friday afternoon. It took less than 24 hours from the announcement of Bob ...

VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) — USD is set to formally introduce Travis Johansen as their 31st head coach in their football program’s history on Friday. The introductory press conference is set to ...

Travis Johansen's introduction as the 31st University of South Dakota head football coach has been a year in the making. The process unofficially started when USD athletic director Jon Schemmel ...

VERMILLION, S.D. (KCAU) – 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.

VERMILLION — The relationship between new University of South Dakota football defensive coordinator Billy Kirch and head coach Travis Johansen has been fostered for over two decades.

The school also announced that defensive coordinator Travis Johansen will take over as head coach. Last season was the program’s most successful in the Division I FCS era. “Coaching football ...