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{{short description|American basketball coach (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jeff Rutter
| image = 
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| current_title = Assistant coach
| current_team = [[Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball|Western Michigan]]
| current_conference = [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
| current_record = 
| contract = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|1|28}}
| birth_place = [[West Allis, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date = 
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| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1984–1986
| player_team1 = [[University of Wisconsin–Waukesha|Wisconsin–Waukesha]]
| player_years2 = 1986–1988
| player_team2 = [[Winona State Warriors men's basketball|Winona State]]
| coach_years1 = 1990–1995
| coach_team1 = [[North Dakota State Bison men's basketball|North Dakota State]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1995–1996
| coach_team2 = [[Stetson Hatters men's basketball|Stetson]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1996–2003
| coach_team3 = [[Wisconsin–Parkside Rangers men's basketball|Wisconsin–Parkside]]
| coach_years4 = 2003–2006
| coach_team4 = [[Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball|Northern Iowa]] (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2006–2010
| coach_team5 = [[Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball|Iowa State]] (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2013–2016
| coach_team6 = [[Drake Bulldogs men's basketball|Drake]] (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2016–2017
| coach_team7 = Drake (interim HC)
| coach_years8 = 2017–2022
| coach_team8 = [[Miami RedHawks men's basketball|Miami (OH)]] (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 2022–present
| coach_team9 = [[Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball|Western Michigan]] (assistant)
| overall_record = 14–40
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'''Jeff Rutter''' (born January 28, 1965) is an American basketball coach. He currently serves as an assistant men's [[basketball]] coach at [[Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball|Western Michigan]]. Rutter also served as the interim head coach at [[Drake Bulldogs men's basketball|Drake]] 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 [[Greg McDermott]] from Northern Iowa to Iowa State in 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/drake/drake-bulldogs/2016/12/06/giacolettis-resignation-rutter-gets-his-first-shot-di-head-coaching-gig/95052942/|title=With Giacoletti's resignation, Rutter gets his first DI head coaching gig|publisher=desmoinesregister.com}}</ref> and stayed on as director of basketball operations at Iowa State after McDermott was replaced by [[Fred Hoiberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2|title=Drake University Athletics - 2013 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff|publisher=godrakebulldogs.com}}</ref>

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 RedHawks men's basketball|Miami (OH)]] and [[Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball|Western Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wmubroncos.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/jeff-rutter/4506|title=JEFF RUTTER|publisher=Western Michigan University Athletics}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Drake Bulldogs men's basketball|Drake]]
|startyear=Dec. 2016
|conference=[[Missouri Valley Conference]]
|endyear=2017
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry 
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team|Drake]]
 | overall      = 6–17*
 | conference   = 5–13*
 | confstanding = T–9th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Drake
 | overall    = 6–17
 | confrecord = 5–13
}}



{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 14–40
|poll=no
}}
''*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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2 Drake University profile]

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