south dakota's david herbster raided a conference rival to find their new coach. herbster introduced bob nielson of western illinois on tuesday. nielson is the reigning missouri valley football conference coach of the year. he improved the leathernecks win total in each of his three years -- with a titles at minnesota-duluth. herbster feels like the coyotes got everything they wanted with the hire. "i wanted a head coach that was experienced, had midwestern roots, had a track record of winning, had built programs before, had been in a variety of places, that could bring those experiences here," said herbster. "it was pretty clear to me that bob rose to the top." nielson also had three playoffs appearances in division iii. basketball games for morningside and briar cliff tonight against spread some holiday cheer in south dakota. the "tree of love" mad a stop in alcester, south dakota this afternoon. ktiv's very own ron demers and brad pautsch were there visiting with residents in alcester. there as well spreading holiday cheer. there was singing of christmas carols