Eric Duft
Eric Duft (born December 26, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Weber State Wildcats
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Weber State record: 38-27 (.585)
Overall record^: 38-27 (.585)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Weber State |
| 2009-2022 | Weber State (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2009 | Weber State (asst) |
| 1999-2006 | Hutchinson JC (KS) (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Cowley County CC (KS) (asst) |
| 1997-1998 | Central CC (KS) |
| 1995-1997 | Central CC (KS) (asst) |
Eric Duft Facts
- Eric P. Duft
- Born December 26, 1972
- Hometown: Sterling, Kansas
- Alma Mater: Sterling College (BS, 1995)
- Graduated from Sterling HS in 1991 and Sterling College in 1995, both in his hometown of Sterling, KS
- Played basketball at NAIA Sterling College for four seasons under head coach Jim Woudstra
- Started his coaching career on the JUCO level, working as an assistant at Central CC (KS) for two years before getting elevated to head coach there in 1997
- Later spent one year as an assistant at Cowley County CC (KS) before getting a job at Hutchinson JC (KS)
- Spent seven years with the well-known Hutchinson program, working under coaches Tim Duryea and Chad Wintz
- Hired in 2006 to be an assistant at Weber State under new head coach Randy Rahe
- Spent sixteen seasons on Rahe‘s staff, including thirteen as associate head coach
- During that time, the Wildcats went to three NCAA Tournaments and had an NBA lottery pick in Damian Lillard
- Elevated to head coach at Weber in May 2022 after Rahe announced his retirement from coaching
Eric Duft Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only