Claus played college basketball at both Creighton and Eastern Washington.
In that span, the Wolf Pack captured three-straight WAC regular-season titles and made three appearances in the NCAA tournament.
[4] After Carter's firing from Nevada, Claus joined Don Verlin's staff at Idaho.
Verlin was placed on administrative leave and subsequently fired from Idaho after the school concluded he had committed NCAA violations, and the school named Claus the interim head coach in June 2019.
[5][6] On February 25, 2020, Idaho lifted the interim tag and gave Claus the full-time job.