Rob Jeter
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Rob Jeter is an American
college basketball
coach and the current coach of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers
basketball team.
and grew up in Chicago
, Illinois
. His father, Bob Jeter
, is a member of the Green Bay Packers
Hall of Fame and his brother, Carlton Jeter, played basketball alongside him at UW–Platteville. His uncle, Tony Jeter
, was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers
. Jeter and his wife, Deanna, have two sons, Robert and Jonathan.
from 1987 to 1991 as a starting forward.
Jeter was the captain of his team when they won the 1991 NCAA Division III tournament and was named to the All-Final Four team. Jeter holds UW–Platteville records for career field goal percentage (.601) and consecutive starts (89). He played on a national championship team that averaged more than 97 points per game. In four years as a player, Jeter's teams passed the 100-point mark 29 times, including a record-setting 149-point outing. His team went 102–16 in his four seasons of playing at UW–Platteville.
Jeter was a two-time All-Wisconsin State University Conference selection and two-time All-Midwest Region choice while at Platteville. He was also named to the Wisconsin State University Conference honor roll three times.
He graduated with a B.S. in business administration in 1991. He also earned a master's degree in adult education at UW–Platteville in December 2001.
Following graduation, he played professionally overseas from 1992–93, with Olivias Futebol Clube in Portugal
, leading the Portuguese national league in scoring.
After his pro career, Jeter worked as an assistant coach, at UW–Platteville, Marquette University
, UW–Milwaukee, and then Wisconsin.
He has been part of nine conference championships and two national championships as a coach. In his 11 years as an assistant coach, his teams also posted a 245–85 combined record, a .743 winning percentage. In league play his teams had a 126-46 record.
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championships and a Big Ten Tournament title. They also made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including berths in the Sweet 16 in 2003, losing to Kentucky, and the Elite Eight in 2005, losing to North Carolina, who eventually became the national champion.
Wisconsin averaged nearly 23 wins per season under Ryan and Jeter and posted a school record 38-game home court winning streak.
in 2005, when Pearl was hired at the University of Tennessee
, after leading the Panthers to the Sweet Sixteen. He had been interviewed for the head coach position in 2001, but the job was given to Bruce Pearl.
In Jeter’s first year (2005–06), he led his team to its third-straight Horizon League regular season title and the conference tournament title for the school's second straight NCAA tournament berth. Jeter also led the Panthers to a fourth-straight 20-win season, with the 22 wins the most by a first-year head coach in school history. In the 2006 NCAA tournament, the Panthers defeated Oklahoma
before losing to eventual national champion Florida
. Three of his players earned All-Horizon League honors, another school record, and three players earned league all-tournament team recognition. Their final record was 22–9, and 12–4 in conference play.
With seven seniors on the 2005–06 Panthers team, Jeter fielded a squad of 16 newcomers for the 2006–07 season. Their record was 9–22, and 6–10 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Horizon League.
In Jeter’s third season as head coach (2007–08), he added five more wins from the previous year’s record, after having to drop five players from the roster. Their record was 14–16, and 9–9 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Horizon League.
In his fourth season at Milwaukee, the Panthers had their first winning season in two years with a 17–14 record overall and an 11–7 conference record, finishing fifth in the conference. Among the highlights for the season was an upset of nationally ranked Butler and a win against UIC where the Panthers came back from ten points down with 1:27 left in the game to win on a 3-point shot at the buzzer.
The Panthers struggled through the middle of the season in Jeter's 5th year with the team (2009–10), but a late-season surge by the Panthers gave the team their first 20 win season since Jeter first became head coach. The Panthers ended up losing in the Horizon League Tournament semi-finals to Butler, their farthest advancement in the tournament since 2005. Their final record was 20–14, with a 10–8 conference record, which was good enough for fourth place.
The Panthers started the 2010-2011 season on a slow note and were 9-11 going into the final month, when the Panthers suddenly went on a roll, winning 9 conference games in a row and win the regular season Horizon League championship with a 13-5 conference record, the best for Jeter since he became the Panthers' head coach. Among the highlight wins for the Panthers included a sweep of Butler and three overtime wins over Butler, Detroit, and Youngstown State, the latter game giving the Panthers the regular season championship, plus Jeter's 100th victory as head coach. Jeter was honored with the Horizon League Coach of the Year.
While at Milwaukee, Jeter has helped by the outfitting of Milwaukee's new locker room and team room in the Pavilion, including wooden lockers, furniture and a large-screen television.
Jeter's coaching staff consists of Brian Bidlingmyer, Chad Boudreau
, Duffy Conroy
, Ronnie Jones and Chip MacKenzie.
Jeter was named the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches' Association Division I Coach of the Year in 2006 and was inducted into the UW–Platteville Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2006.
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college basketball
College basketball
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coach and the current coach of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers
Milwaukee Panthers
The Milwaukee Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. A total of 15 Panthers athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I. Panthers have won the James J...
basketball team.
Personal
Jeter was born in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
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and grew up in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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. His father, Bob Jeter
Bob Jeter
Robert DeLafayette Jeter, Jr. was a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. He was raised in Weirton, WV where he attended Weir High School...
, is a member of the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
Hall of Fame and his brother, Carlton Jeter, played basketball alongside him at UW–Platteville. His uncle, Tony Jeter
Tony Jeter
-Biography:Jeter was born Anthony John Jeter on September 8, 1944 in Steubenville, Ohio. He is the brother of former Green Bay Packers Pro Bowler Bob Jeter, and the uncle of Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball head coach Rob Jeter.-Career:...
, was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
. Jeter and his wife, Deanna, have two sons, Robert and Jonathan.
Early athletics
Jeter attended high school at Quigley South Preparatory School, and then played collegiate basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, where he played under coach Bo RyanBo Ryan
William "Bo" Francis Ryan, Jr. is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison men's basketball team.-Playing career:...
from 1987 to 1991 as a starting forward.
Jeter was the captain of his team when they won the 1991 NCAA Division III tournament and was named to the All-Final Four team. Jeter holds UW–Platteville records for career field goal percentage (.601) and consecutive starts (89). He played on a national championship team that averaged more than 97 points per game. In four years as a player, Jeter's teams passed the 100-point mark 29 times, including a record-setting 149-point outing. His team went 102–16 in his four seasons of playing at UW–Platteville.
Jeter was a two-time All-Wisconsin State University Conference selection and two-time All-Midwest Region choice while at Platteville. He was also named to the Wisconsin State University Conference honor roll three times.
He graduated with a B.S. in business administration in 1991. He also earned a master's degree in adult education at UW–Platteville in December 2001.
Following graduation, he played professionally overseas from 1992–93, with Olivias Futebol Clube in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, leading the Portuguese national league in scoring.
After his pro career, Jeter worked as an assistant coach, at UW–Platteville, Marquette University
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
, UW–Milwaukee, and then Wisconsin.
Assistant coach
Jeter worked under Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan for 10 of his 11 years as an assistant coach, spending one year under Mike Deane at Marquette.He has been part of nine conference championships and two national championships as a coach. In his 11 years as an assistant coach, his teams also posted a 245–85 combined record, a .743 winning percentage. In league play his teams had a 126-46 record.
UW–Platteville
While Jeter was an assistant coach at Platteville, the Pioneers had a 108–6 overall record, two NCAA Division III titles and four conference championships. During the time he was an assistant coach at UW–Platteville he also coordinated the program's academic, recruiting and scouting efforts. He was the director of Bo Ryan basketball camps, and was an admissions coordinator at the school.Marquette
Jeter was the assistant coach at Marquette from 1998 to 1999. While there, one of the team's achievements was defeating #4 nationally ranked University of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
.
Milwaukee
Jeter was the assistant coach at Milwaukee for two seasons (1999–2001) under Bo Ryan. While there, UWM recorded its first two .500 seasons since the early 1990s, an improvement in the Horizon League, and increased home attendance at the Klotsche Center. The Milwaukee team also made it to the semi-finals in the league tourney for the first time in school history.Wisconsin
Jeter spent four years at Madison as Bo Ryan's assistant coach and then associate head coach from 2001 to 2005. He was the Badgers' lead recruiter, while also coordinating Wisconsin's scouting and academic efforts. While at Wisconsin, they won two regular season Big TenBig Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
championships and a Big Ten Tournament title. They also made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including berths in the Sweet 16 in 2003, losing to Kentucky, and the Elite Eight in 2005, losing to North Carolina, who eventually became the national champion.
Wisconsin averaged nearly 23 wins per season under Ryan and Jeter and posted a school record 38-game home court winning streak.
Milwaukee
Jeter is the 20th head coach of the Milwaukee basketball team, and the fifth since the program moved to Division I in 1990. He took over the position vacated by Bruce PearlBruce Pearl
Bruce Dean-Fredrick Pearl is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers men's team. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he obtained his first position as an assistant basketball coach. He was the first coach to lead...
in 2005, when Pearl was hired at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
, after leading the Panthers to the Sweet Sixteen. He had been interviewed for the head coach position in 2001, but the job was given to Bruce Pearl.
In Jeter’s first year (2005–06), he led his team to its third-straight Horizon League regular season title and the conference tournament title for the school's second straight NCAA tournament berth. Jeter also led the Panthers to a fourth-straight 20-win season, with the 22 wins the most by a first-year head coach in school history. In the 2006 NCAA tournament, the Panthers defeated Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
-1908-1980:The Sooners enjoyed moderate success on the court during this era, posting only 16 losing records in their first 72 seasons. They were coached by 9 different coaches during this period, beginning with Bennie Owen , and ending with Dave Bliss in 1980...
before losing to eventual national champion Florida
Florida Gators men's basketball
The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball. The Gators compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Southeastern Conference...
. Three of his players earned All-Horizon League honors, another school record, and three players earned league all-tournament team recognition. Their final record was 22–9, and 12–4 in conference play.
With seven seniors on the 2005–06 Panthers team, Jeter fielded a squad of 16 newcomers for the 2006–07 season. Their record was 9–22, and 6–10 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Horizon League.
In Jeter’s third season as head coach (2007–08), he added five more wins from the previous year’s record, after having to drop five players from the roster. Their record was 14–16, and 9–9 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Horizon League.
In his fourth season at Milwaukee, the Panthers had their first winning season in two years with a 17–14 record overall and an 11–7 conference record, finishing fifth in the conference. Among the highlights for the season was an upset of nationally ranked Butler and a win against UIC where the Panthers came back from ten points down with 1:27 left in the game to win on a 3-point shot at the buzzer.
The Panthers struggled through the middle of the season in Jeter's 5th year with the team (2009–10), but a late-season surge by the Panthers gave the team their first 20 win season since Jeter first became head coach. The Panthers ended up losing in the Horizon League Tournament semi-finals to Butler, their farthest advancement in the tournament since 2005. Their final record was 20–14, with a 10–8 conference record, which was good enough for fourth place.
The Panthers started the 2010-2011 season on a slow note and were 9-11 going into the final month, when the Panthers suddenly went on a roll, winning 9 conference games in a row and win the regular season Horizon League championship with a 13-5 conference record, the best for Jeter since he became the Panthers' head coach. Among the highlight wins for the Panthers included a sweep of Butler and three overtime wins over Butler, Detroit, and Youngstown State, the latter game giving the Panthers the regular season championship, plus Jeter's 100th victory as head coach. Jeter was honored with the Horizon League Coach of the Year.
While at Milwaukee, Jeter has helped by the outfitting of Milwaukee's new locker room and team room in the Pavilion, including wooden lockers, furniture and a large-screen television.
Jeter's coaching staff consists of Brian Bidlingmyer, Chad Boudreau
Chad Boudreau
Chad Boudreau is an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team.-Biography:Boudreau is married with three children. His wife, Stacy, is the women's volleyball head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater...
, Duffy Conroy
Duffy Conroy
Duffy Conroy is an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team in the USA.-Biography:A native of Naperville, Illinois, Conroy is married with two children. He attended St. Ambrose University, where he played on the men's basketball team...
, Ronnie Jones and Chip MacKenzie.
Jeter was named the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches' Association Division I Coach of the Year in 2006 and was inducted into the UW–Platteville Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2006.
Head coach career record
Notable players coached
- Joah TuckerJoah TuckerJoah Tucker is an American professional basketball player. He played for the NCAA Division I Milwaukee Panthers between 2004-2006 where he was member of the team that made the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. He was also previously a member of the Harlem...
- James EayrsJames EayrsJames Eayrs started his basketball career in Roseville, MN .He is best known for playing for the NCAA Division I Milwaukee Panthers between 2008-2010. He also played for the North Dakota State College of Science, a junior college in Wahpeton, ND before going to UWM.-College statistics:-External...
- Chris HillChris Hill (point guard)Chris Hill is a former American professional basketball player who has played in Liga II, the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Baltic Basketball League. He also played for the NCAA Division I Milwaukee Panthers...
- Ricky Franklin
- Derrick Ford
- Anthony Hill
- Adrian Tigert