Rob Jeter
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southern Utah |
| Conference | WAC |
| Record | 32–62 (.340) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 15, 1969 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1991 | Wisconsin–Platteville |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1998 | Wisconsin–Platteville (assistant) |
| 1998–1999 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 1999–2001 | Milwaukee (assistant) |
| 2001–2005 | Wisconsin (assistant) |
| 2005–2016 | Milwaukee |
| 2016–2018 | UNLV (assistant) |
| 2018–2020 | Minnesota (assistant) |
| 2020–2023 | Western Illinois |
| 2023–present | Southern Utah |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 255–277 (.479) |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA) 0–1 (NIT) 0–1 (CBI) 0–1 (TBC) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Horizon League regular season (2006, 2011) 2 Horizon League tournament (2006, 2014) | |
| Awards | |
| Horizon League Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Robert DeLafayette Jeter III[1] (born May 15, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at Southern Utah.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jeter grew up in Chicago. His father, Bob (1937–2008), was a Rose Bowl MVP as a halfback for the Iowa Hawkeyes and a second round pick in the 1960 NFL draft. He was later a defensive back in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers under Vince Lombardi and a member of the Packer Hall of Fame and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.[1] His brother, Carlton Jeter, played basketball alongside him at UW–Platteville. His uncle, Tony Jeter, played football at Nebraska under head coach Bob Devaney and was a tight end in the NFL for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jeter and his wife, Deanna, have three sons, Robert, Jonathan (J.T.) and Jackson, and one daughter, Jolie.
Playing career
Jeter attended high school at Quigley South Preparatory School in Chicago, and then played collegiate basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, where he played under coach Bo Ryan from 1987 to 1991 as a starting forward. Jeter was the captain of his team when it won the 1991 NCAA Division III tournament and was named to the all-Final Four team. He holds the UW–Platteville records for career field goal percentage (.601) and consecutive starts (89). In his four years playing, UW–Platteville went 102–16 while Jeter was a two-time All-Wisconsin State University Conference selection and two-time All-Midwest Region choice. He was also named to the Wisconsin State University Conference honor roll three times. He graduated with a B.S. in business administration in 1991. He also earned a master's degree in adult education at UW–Platteville in December 2001. Following graduation, he played professionally overseas from 1992 to 1993, with Olivias Futebol Clube in Portugal, leading the Portuguese national league in scoring.[2] Jeter was inducted into the UW–Platteville Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2006.