Dutcher in 2008.
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Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | San Diego State |
Conference | Mountain West |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Alpena, Michigan |
October 30, 1959
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1983–1985 | Illinois (grad. asst.) |
1986–1988 | South Dakota State (asst.) |
1989–1998 | Michigan (assoc. HC) |
1999–2017 | San Diego State (assoc. HC) |
2017–present | San Diego State |
Brian James Dutcher (born October 30, 1959) is an American college basketball coach and is the head coach for the San Diego State men's basketball team.
Dutcher has more than 30 years of coaching experience, including 18 seasons as an assistant to Steve Fisher at San Diego State preceded by nine at the University of Michigan. Dutcher joined then-interim coach Fisher in 1989 when Michigan won the national championship. Dutcher is credited for having a central role in recruiting the Fab Five to Michigan and for bringing Kawhi Leonard to San Diego State. Dutcher was named San Diego State's "head coach in waiting" in 2011. Following Fisher's decision to retire, Dutcher was formally named as his replacement on April 11, 2017.
Dutcher and his wife, Jan, have two daughters: Erin and Liza. He is the son of Jim Dutcher, the former head coach at Eastern Michigan and Minnesota.
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