Eric Duft
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Weber State |
| Conference | Big Sky |
| Record | 38–27 (.585) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 26, 1972 Sterling, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1995 | Sterling (KS) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1997 | Central CC (KS) (assistant) |
| 1997–1998 | Central CC (KS) |
| 1998–1999 | Cowley CC (assistant) |
| 1999–2006 | Hutchinson CC (assistant) |
| 2006–2022 | Weber State (assistant) |
| 2022–present | Weber State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 38–27 (.585) |
Eric Preston Duft[1] (born December 26, 1972) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team.[2]
Playing career
[edit]After playing at Sterling High School in Kansas, Duft would continue his college playing career at local Sterling College, where he played four seasons of basketball.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]Duft's first coaching position came at Central Community College in Kansas as an assistant coach for two seasons, before spending a lone season as the team's head coach. He'd then move on to an assistant coaching position at Cowley Community College, before spending the next seven seasons as an assistant coach at Hutchinson Community College, where he worked under former Utah State head coach Tim Duryea.[4]
In 2006, he was hired as an assistant coach under Randy Rahe at Weber State, and remained on staff through Rahe's entire coaching tenure, which included three NCAA tournament appearances and five Big Sky Conference regular season titles. After Rahe announced his retirement on May 17, 2022, Duft was promoted to head coach two days later, making him the 10th head coach in Weber State basketball history.[5][6]
Head coaching record
[edit]NCAA D1
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Weber State | 18–15 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2023–24 | Weber State | 20–12 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| Weber State: | 38–27 (.585) | 23–13 (.639) | |||||||
| Total: | 38–27 (.585) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "2012 Faculty & Staff Giving" (PDF), WSU News, vol. 16, no. 5, Weber State University, p. 6, April 2013, retrieved December 7, 2023
- ^ "Eric Duft - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Weber State University Athletics.
- ^ "Sterling native Eric Duft named as new Head Coach at Weber State". Hutch Post. May 19, 2022.
- ^ "'Honored and privileged': Randy Rahe retires at Weber State; Eric Duft named new men's basketball coach".
- ^ "Retirement time for both Randy and Laura Rahe". Weber State University Athletics.
- ^ "Eric Duft takes over as new Weber State head coach". Weber State University Athletics.
- Living people
- American men's basketball coaches
- Weber State Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Hutchinson Blue Dragons men's basketball coaches
- Junior college men's basketball coaches in the United States
- Sterling Warriors men's basketball players
- People from Sterling, Kansas
- Basketball coaches from Kansas
- 1972 births