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Eric Peterson (basketball)
Eric Allen Peterson (born April 17, 1983)[1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team.[2][3] Coaching careerWhile 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.[4] 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.[4] 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.[2] Peterson would then join Craig Smith's staff at South Dakota, and follow Smith at his subsequent stops at both Utah State and Utah.[5][6] On March 16, 2022, Peterson returned to South Dakota, being named the 20th head coach in program history, replacing Todd Lee.[3][7] Head coaching recordNJCAA
NCAA D1
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