Brian Dutcher

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: San Diego State Aztecs
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
San Diego State record: 177-58 (.753)
Overall record: 177-58 (.753)

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 UMinnesota
- 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