Jacob Klee was hired as the UTSA men's basketball director of operations in September 2025, joining the second-year staff of head coach Austin Claunch.
“We’re excited to welcome Jacob Klee to our program,” Claunch said at the time of the announcement. “Jacob has worked for and with some of the best basketball minds in the business and came to us highly recommended. With over seven years of operations and video experience at the highest levels, he will be invaluable to the continued development of our program.”
Klee arrived in San Antonio following two years as assistant director of basketball operations at the University of Miami under coach Jim Larrañaga. For the Roadrunners, Klee will head up the team’s operations, video and team/scouting analytics efforts.
“I am incredibly excited for the opportunity to join the men’s basketball program at UTSA,” Klee said at the time of his hire. “I am grateful to Coach Claunch and the staff for their belief in me. I believe in Claunch’s vision for this program and where we are headed in the future. I am excited to be in San Antonio to support the student-athletes and staff to allow them to succeed at the highest level.”
Before Coral Gables, Klee was an assistant coach with operations, game planning/scouting, equipment and video responsibilities at Western Connecticut State men’s basketball (2022-23), helping the Wolves win 19 of their first 20 games, finishing with a 22-5 record and an appearance in the Little East Conference championship game. Before taking up a full-time role on the Wolves’ staff, Klee served as a graduate assistant at Kansas City where he earned his master’s degree in higher education administration and was responsible for the Roos’ day-to-day operations and video, moving into the acting director of basketball operations role in his second year (2021-22) and taking on team travel and the logistics of planning an Italian tour.
Prior to getting started in Kansas City, Klee added more breadth to his experience serving as an intern for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the fall of 2021, as director of operations for Guy Rancourt USA East Coast Basketball in the summer of 2021 and as a counselor at Jim Larrañaga Basketball Camp in the summers of 2018 and 2019.