Lucas Kleinschrodt

Biography

Lucas Kleinschrodt is in his fifth season as a member of the St. Olaf football coaching staff in 2025-26 and currently serves as the defensive coordinator. Kleinschrodt joined the coaching staff in the spring of 2021 as the inside linebackers coach and coached Brandon Foster to Honorable Mention All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) honors after Foster led the conference in tackles during the 2021 season. In 2022, Kleinschrodt was promoted to defensive coordinator and helped coach three players to All-MIAC honors, including first-team honoree and D3football.com all-region selection Mark Thrower. In 2023, two members of his defense earned conference-wide recognition, with Deonta Thomas collecting All-MIAC honors and Luke Stanga landing on the honorable-mention list. Most recently, three members of Kleinschrodt's defense earned postseason accolades in 2024, led by All-MIAC and D3football.com All-Region 6 defensive end Noah Barrett. Prior to arriving at St. Olaf, Kleinschrodt served as the defensive backs coach in 2016 at Gustavus Adolphus College before being promoted to co-defensive coordinator in 2017 and then defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2018. During his time at Gustavus, Kleinschrodt coached 14 players to All-MIAC honors. A native of Alden, Minnesota, Kleinschrodt was a four-year letterwinner for the Gusties as a linebacker. He recorded 146 tackles in 38 career games at Gustavus, ranking fifth on his team with a career-high 42 tackles hi