As their women's basketball coach from 2000 to 2008, his team won the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament thrice.
Upon winning the 2008 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, the university had their first title in team sports since leaving the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
At Wayne State from 2008 to 2018, Kielsmeier had 237 wins and 72 losses while receiving two Coach of the Year awards as part of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
[6][7] During this time period, Howard Payne were first in the 2008 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.
[12] During the 2012 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament, Kielsmeier's players reached the Elite Eight.
[20][21] As part of the ASC, Kielsmeier was the co-winner of the West Division Coach of the Year award in 2005 with Shanna Briggs.
[22] With Howard Payne, he received the WBCA National Coach of the Year Award for Division III schools in 2008.
[24] While competing in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with Wayne State, Kielsmeier was the women's basketball Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2012.