Brian Dutcher
Brian Dutcher (born October 30, 1959)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: San Diego State Aztecs
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
San Diego State record: 151-47 (.763)
Overall record: 151-47 (.763)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2023)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2023)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 3 (2020, 2021, 2023)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 3 (2018, 2021, 2023)
Awards:
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 2 (2020, 2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2017-present | San Diego State |
| 1999-2017 | San Diego State (assoc. HC) |
| 1989-1998 | Michigan (assoc. HC) |
| 1986-1988 | South Dakota State (asst) |
| 1983-1985 | Illinois (grad. asst) |
Brian Dutcher Facts
- Brian James Dutcher
- Born October 30, 1959
- Hometown: Bloomington, Minnesota
- Alma Mater: University of Minnesota (BS, 1982) / University of Illinois (MS, 1984)
- Born in Michigan and raised in Minnesota, Dutcher attended Jefferson HS (MN) and then the U of Minnesota
- Father is former Eastern Michigan and Minnesota head coach Jim Dutcher
- Started his coaching career while getting his masters at Illinois, working as a graduate assistant on Lou Henson‘s staff
- After two years assisting Jim Thorson at South Dakota State, Dutcher began his long-standing partnership with Steve Fisher
- Spent a total of twenty-seven years working with Fisher, nine at Michigan and eighteen at San Diego State
- Dutcher had been considered the head-coach-in-waiting at SDSU since 2011 and officially got the position following the retirement of Fisher in 2017
- Led the team to a MWC Tournament title and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament in his first season
- Claimed back-to-back MWC regular season titles in 2020 and 2021, earning MWC COY honors both seasons
- Returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and 2023 as Mountain West Tournament champs and 2022 as an at-large
- The 2022-23 Aztecs were a 5-seed in the NCAA Tournament and reached the Final Four for the first time in program history; beat FAU but then lost to Connecticut in the final
- Along with his wife, Jan, has two daughters
Brian Dutcher Coaching Tree
- Justin Hutson (Fresno State)
