Bio

Justin Klingman was named the third head coach in Goucher men's basketball history on April 10, 2023.

In Klingman's first season at the helm, the Gophers recorded a seven-win improvement from the 2022-23 season and set a program record for Landmark Conference victories with eight.  Goucher made its first-ever Landmark Conference tournament appearance and two players were honored with All-Conference accolades, with Liech Kong taking Rookie of the Year honors.  Kong and Jacob Morgan were each Honorable Mention All-Conference.

Prior to Goucher, Klingman joined the Catholic men's basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2019 and was elevated to associate head coach ahead of the 2022-23 campaign.  Taking over a program with new head coach Aaron Kelly that was 10-15 the season before their arrival, in 2022-23 Catholic finished 22-4, opening the season with a 13-game win streak and starting the season 21-1, the best start in program history.  The Cardinals were ranked as high as No. 22 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 and had three players named Landmark All-Conference, including Jesse Hafemeister who was First Team All-Conference and an All-Region selection by D3hoops.com and the NABC.

Over Klingman's four seasons at Catholic, the Cardinals posted a record of 51-32 and 29-20 in conference while making three straight conference semifinal appearances (2021-23).  He coached a total of nine All-Conference selections and two All-Region selections, while Hafemeister was the D3hoops.com regional Rookie of the Year in 2021.  Catholic also earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award in 2021 and 2022.

Prior to Catholic, Klingman spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Ursinus College, a member of the Centennial Conference.  Over his four seasons in Collegeville, the Bears posted a record of 58-47 and made Centennial semifinal appearances in 2017, 2018 and 2019.  Klingman worked with seven Centennial All-Conference selections and the Bears earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

A 2015 graduate of the University of Scranton, Klingman was a four-year letterman who earned All-Landmark Second Team honors as a senior.  He appeared in 82 games with 42 starts for the Royals over his four seasons and totaled 708 points.  Over his four seasons Scranton compiled an 89-25 record and was a three-time NCAA participant, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2012.

Klingman is the Royals all-time leading three-point shooter, shooting 50.7% behind the arc over his career while ranking No. 11 in career three-point field goals with 138.  As a junior he shot 56.5% (65-115) from long range, setting a single-season program record for three-point field goal percentage. Klingman was also a three-year member of the Scranton baseball team from 2012-14.

A native of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Klingman is the son of former longtime Scranton men's soccer coach (1973-94) and current assistant athletic facilities director Stephen Klingman and former Royal women's basketball standout Deanna (Kyle) Klingman who was named the 1985 NCAA Division III Player of the Year. His brother, Derek, was a member of the Royals' men's soccer team and his sister, Kelly, played on the women's soccer team from 2001-04. Brother Colin started 60 games for the Ursinus men's soccer team from 2016-19 and is currently an assistant coach at Binghamton.

Klingman earned his bachelor's in Business Administration from Scranton in 2015 and received his Master's from Catholic in Management with a concentration in Management and Leadership in 2022.