Jeff Rutter

Jeff Rutter (born January 28, 1965) is an American basketball coach. He currently serves as an assistant men's basketball coach at Western Michigan. Rutter also served as the interim head coach at Drake from December 2016 to March 2017.

Jeff Rutter

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Western Michigan
Conference	MAC
Biographical details
Born	(1965-01-28) January 28, 1965 (age 60) West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1986	Wisconsin–Waukesha
1986–1988	Winona State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1995	North Dakota State (assistant)
1995–1996	Stetson (assistant)
1996–2003	Wisconsin–Parkside
2003–2006	Northern Iowa (assistant)
2006–2010	Iowa State (assistant)
2010-2013	Iowa State (Director of Basketball Operations)
2013–2016	Drake (assistant)
2016–2017	Drake (interim HC)
2017–2022	Miami (OH) (assistant)
2022–present	Western Michigan (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	77-133

Coaching history

Rutter has served as an assistant coach at the Division II and Division I levels. He moved with Greg McDermott from Northern Iowa to Iowa State in 2006^[1] and stayed on as director of basketball operations at Iowa State after McDermott was replaced by Fred Hoiberg.^[2]

Following the December 2016 resignation of Ray Giacoletti, Rutter took his first Division I head coaching job as the interim head coach of Drake. Since Drake he has served as an assistant and Miami (OH) and Western Michigan^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Drake (Missouri Valley Conference) (Dec. 2016–2017)
2016–17	Drake	6–17*	5–13*	T–9th
Drake:		6–17	5–13
Total:		14–40
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

*Took over as head coach for the rest of the season when Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016. Drake's record for the 2016–17 season was 7–24 overall and 5–13 in the MVC.