Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
May 15, 1969
Playing career | |
1987–1991 | Wisconsin–Platteville |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1994–1998 | Wisconsin–Platteville (asst.) |
1998–1999 | Marquette (asst.) |
1999–2001 | Milwaukee (asst.) |
2001–2005 | Wisconsin (asst.) |
2005–2016 | Milwaukee |
2016-present | UNLV (asst.) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2× Horizon League Tournament championship (2006, 2014) 2× Horizon League regular season championship (2006, 2011) |
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Awards | |
Horizon League Coach of the year (2011) |
Robert DeLafayette Jeter III (born college basketball coach and current assistant coach at UNLV. He most recently served as head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers basketball team.
May 15, 1969) is an AmericanBorn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jeter grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father Bob (1937–2008) was a Rose Bowl MVP as a halfback for the Iowa Hawkeyes and a second round pick in the 1960 NFL draft. He was later a defensive back in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers under Vince Lombardi and a member of the Packer Hall of Fame and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. His brother, Carlton Jeter, played basketball alongside him at UW–Platteville. His uncle, Tony Jeter, played football at Nebraska under head coach Bob Devaney and was a tight end in the NFL for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jeter and his wife, Deanna, have three sons, Robert, Jonathan (J.T.) and Jackson, and one daughter, Jolie.