Jeff Meyer (basketball)

Jeffrey Dennis Meyer (born June 21, 1954) is a former American college basketball coach, most recently an assistant at Butler University. He was brought on in June 2017 as assistant coach by new head coach and former Michigan assistant LaVall Jordan. He previously served as a men's basketball assistant coach at Michigan under John Beilein and Indiana University during the Kelvin Sampson tenure.

Jeff Meyer

Meyer (left) in 2015
Biographical details
Born	(1954-06-21) June 21, 1954 (age 71) Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Taylor ('76)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1980	Purdue (asst.)
1980–1981	South Florida (asst.)
1981–1997	Liberty
1998–2001	Winthrop (asst.)
2001–2004	Butler (asst.)
2004–2006	Missouri (asst.)
2006–2008	Indiana (asst.)
2008–2017	Michigan (asst.)
2017–2020	Butler (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	259–206 (.557)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big South tournament champion (1994) Big South regular season co-champions (1997) 2× Big Ten regular season champion (2007, 2014)

He graduated in 1976 from Taylor University and played basketball with the Trojans while he was there.^[1]

Previously, he served as head coach at Liberty University where he remained the winningest coach in school history until Ritchie McKay broke his record on January 25, 2025. He was named head coach of the then Liberty Baptist College on March 25, 1981. He stepped down as head coach to become assistant to the president of Liberty on November 1, 1997.^[2]

On November 3, 2020, Meyer announced his retirement from coaching.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Liberty Flames (NAIA) (1981–1983)
1981–82	Liberty	15–11
1982–83	Liberty	23–9			5th at NAIA Nationals
Liberty Flames (Mason-Dixon Conference) (1983–1988)
1983–84	Liberty	19–10	5–5
1984–85	Liberty	19–10	6–4
1985–86	Liberty	18–13	6–4
1986–87	Liberty	18–11	3–5
1987–88	Liberty	13–15	4–4
Liberty Flames (Division I Independent) (1988–1991)
1988–89	Liberty	10–17
1989–90	Liberty	11–17
1990–91	Liberty	5–23
Liberty Flames (Big South Conference) (1991–2007)
1991–92	Liberty	22–7	10–4	2nd
1992–93	Liberty	16–14	9–7	4th
1993–94	Liberty	18–12	12–6	4th	NCAA First Round
1994–95	Liberty	12–16	7–9	5th
1995–96	Liberty	17–12	9–5	T-2nd
1996–97	Liberty	23–9	11–3	T-1st
Liberty:		259–206 (.557)	82–56 (.594)
Total:		259–206 (.557)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion