Eric Peterson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Dakota
ConferenceSummit
Record19–24 (.442)
Biographical details
BornWest Salem, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005La Crescent High School (MN) (assistant)
2005–2009Williston State (assistant)
2009–2011Minnesota State–Moorhead (assistant)
2011–2012Williston State (assistant)
2012–2014Williston State
2014–2018South Dakota (assistant)
2018–2021Utah State (assistant)
2021–2022Utah (assistant)
2022–presentSouth Dakota
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2011–2014Williston State
Head coaching record
Overall19–24 (.442) (NCAA)
52–15 (.776) (NJCAA)

Eric Peterson is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team.[1][2]

Coaching career

While still in college, Peterson served as an assistant coach at La Crescent High School in La Crescent, Minnesota while also working with AAU teams in Wisconsin.[3] In 2005, Peterson began his college coaching career as an assistant at Williston State, before moving on to join the coaching staff at Minnesota State–Moorhead from 2009 to 2011.[3]

He'd return to Williston State, this time as an assistant coach and athletic director. In 2012, he'd be elevated to the head coaching position where he'd guide the Tetons to a 52–15 mark including at 2013 Region XIII championship and 2014 Mon-Dak Conference, while also earning coach of the year honors at the regional and conference levels too.[1] Peterson would then join Craig Smith's staff at South Dakota, and follow Smith at his subsequent stops at both Utah State and Utah.[4][5]

On March 16, 2022, Peterson returned to South Dakota, being named the 20th head coach in program history, replacing Todd Lee.[2][6]

Head coaching record

NJCAA

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Williston State (Mon-Dak) (2012–2014)
2012–13 Williston State 25–9[7]8–2
2013–14 Williston State 27–6[8]9–1
Williston State: 52–15 (.776)17–3 (.850)
Total:52–15 (.776)

      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

NCAA D1

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Dakota (Summit League) (2022–present)
2022–23 South Dakota 12–187–11T–6th
2023–24 South Dakota 7–60–0
South Dakota: 19–24 (.442)7–11 (.389)
Total:19–24 (.442)

      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. 1 2 "Eric Peterson - Head Coach - Staff Directory". University of South Dakota Athletics.
  2. 1 2 "Peterson Introduced as Coyotes' 20th Head Men's Basketball Coach". University of South Dakota Athletics.
  3. 1 2 "Eric Peterson - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". MSU Moorhead Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Eric Peterson - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Utah State University Athletics.
  5. ↑ "Eric Peterson - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Utah Athletics.
  6. ↑ McCleary, Michael. "Eric Peterson introduced as South Dakota men's basketball coach: 'This place means a lot to me'". Argus Leader.
  7. ↑ "NJCAA". NJCAA.
  8. ↑ "NJCAA". NJCAA.
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