Christopher Paul Klieman (/ˈklaɪmən/ KLY-muhn; born September 27, 1967) is an American college football coach.

After high school, Klieman attended the University of Northern Iowa where he played in the defensive secondary for the Panthers football team from 1986 to 1990.

In 2015, the Bison continued their winning ways and ended the season 13–2 with a fifth consecutive national championship, the most by any NCAA football program in history.

In 2016, the Bison again won their conference title, but lost in the FCS semi-finals to James Madison, their first playoff loss in 6 years.

The 2017 season continued the Bison dominance by again going 10–1 and winning their seventh consecutive MVFC title and avenging the previous year's loss to James Madison by beating them in the Championship Game 17–13.

On December 10, 2018, Kansas State University Athletic Director Gene Taylor announced Klieman had been hired as the program's 35th head coach to replace the recently retired Bill Snyder.

Taylor, who promoted Klieman to head coach at NDSU, had recently been named athletic director at Kansas State.