Eric Duft

Eric Duft is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team.[1]

Eric Duft
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWeber State
ConferenceBig Sky
Record17–14 (.548)
Biographical details
BornSterling, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1995Sterling (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1997Central CC (KS) (assistant)
1997–1998Central CC (KS)
1998–1999Cowley CC (assistant)
1999–2006Hutchinson CC (assistant)
2006–2022Weber State (assistant)
2022–presentWeber State
Head coaching record
Overall17–14 (.548)

Playing career

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.[2]

Coaching career

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.[3]

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.[4][5]

Head coaching record

NCAA D1
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky) (2022–present)
2022–23 Weber State 17–1412–63rd
Weber State: 17–14 (.548)12–6 (.667)
Total:17–14 (.548)

      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

References
  1. "Eric Duft - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Weber State University Athletics.
  2. "Sterling native Eric Duft named as new Head Coach at Weber State". Hutch Post. May 19, 2022.
  3. "'Honored and privileged': Randy Rahe retires at Weber State; Eric Duft named new men's basketball coach".
  4. "Retirement time for both Randy and Laura Rahe". Weber State University Athletics.
  5. "Eric Duft takes over as new Weber State head coach". Weber State University Athletics.
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