Jeff Rutter (born January 28, 1965) is an American basketball coach. He currently serves as an assistant men's

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coach at

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. Rutter also served as the interim head coach at

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from December 2016 to March 2017.

Coaching history

Rutter has served as an assistant coach at the Division II and Division I levels. He moved with

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from Northern Iowa to Iowa State in 2006 and stayed on as director of basketball operations at Iowa State after McDermott was replaced by

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. Following the December 2016 resignation of

Ray Giacoletti Raymond Bryan Giacoletti (born April 14, 1962) is a former men's basketball coach, having served as head coach at Drake University, and The University of Utah. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980 t ...

, 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

Head coaching record

''*Took over as head coach for the rest of the season when

resigned on December 6, 2016. Drake's record for the 2016–17 season was 7–24 overall and 5–13 in the MVC.

References

External links

Drake University profile
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