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The collection consists of materials assembled by Jim Marking that reflect his professional activities as a basketball coach and educator from the mid twentieth century through the 1970s, with later materials documenting recognition of his career. Instructional content includes undated and dated mimeographed handouts, course outlines for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation courses, examinations and notebooks, and materials addressing ethics, psychology, and physiology of sport. Coaching documentation includes practice notes, drills, playbooks, scouting and recruiting records, weight training programs, scorebooks, and trend analyses in basketball. The collection also contains official programs, press clippings, team photographs, and published articles related to SDSU basketball, including the 1963 NCAA Division II National Championship. Administrative and personal materials include correspondence regarding basketball camps, internal SDSU memoranda, retirement cards and letters, retirement press coverage, obituary material, and documentation of Marking’s induction into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.

The collection documents collegiate and high school basketball coaching practices, physical education instruction, and athletic program development in South Dakota during the mid twentieth century. It offers insight into coaching philosophy, training methods, recruiting practices, and instructional approaches used at South Dakota State University and within the state’s secondary school system. The materials also document Jim Marking’s role in SDSU athletics, including championship seasons, conference competition, and his retirement and later recognition, contributing to the institutional history of SDSU and the broader history of basketball in South Dakota.

The Jim Koch papers document the academic, athletic, and early coaching career of Jim Koch, with emphasis on his development as a wrestler and coach from his high school years through the early stages of his collegiate coaching career. Materials span approximately 1961 to 1981, with the strongest coverage dating from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes records from Koch’s time as a student athlete at Milbank High School and South Dakota State University, as well as documentation of his early coaching activities, including his work with the South Dakota State University junior varsity wrestling team and his initial years coaching at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Materials include academic records, coursework, athletic ephemera, awards, training and exercise methods, correspondence, newspapers and newspaper clippings, NCAA championship materials, photographs, tournament schedules, tuition, and alumni records.
This collection documents Jim Koch’s wrestling and coaching career and provides insight into high school and collegiate wrestling in the Midwest during the 1960s and 1970s. It illustrates the relationship between academic life and intercollegiate athletics at Milbank High School and South Dakota State University and records the early professional development of a coach who later became a prominent figure in collegiate wrestling. The materials also contribute to the historical record of wrestling programs at South Dakota State University and the University of Wisconsin Parkside.

The Jay Dirksen Papers document his tenure as Track and Field and Cross Country coach at South Dakota State University from 1969 to 1977. The collection is composed primarily of files on student-athletes coached by Dirksen, containing record sheets of training programs, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and data related to the running careers of individual athletes. These records provide detailed insight into the development, performance, and achievements of numerous SDSU runners during this period.

In addition to athlete files, the collection includes extensive materials from Dirksen’s research on cross country running, spanning from 1957 to 1981. This research encompasses training methods, physiological data, and evaluations of performance, reflecting both experimental and applied approaches to distance running. The presence of running articles compiled between 1979 and 2008 further demonstrates Dirksen’s long-term engagement with the field of cross country and track.

The collection is a resource documenting collegiate athletics at South Dakota State University during the 1960s and 1970s, as well as its contribution to the study of endurance training and cross country running. The athlete files illustrate the careers of numerous individuals who competed under Dirksen’s guidance, while the research files highlight his role in advancing training practices that influenced distance running programs at SDSU and beyond.