Eric Peterson (born April 17, 1983)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: South Dakota Coyotes
Current conference: Summit League
South Dakota record: 24-39 (.381)
Overall record^: 24-39 (.381)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 0
- Summit League Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2022-present | South Dakota |
2021-2022 | Utah (asst) |
2018-2021 | Utah State (asst) |
2014-2018 | South Dakota (asst) |
2011-2014 | Williston State |
2009-2011 | Minnesota State-Moorhead (asst) |
2005-2009 | Williston State (asst) |
Eric Peterson Facts
- Eric Allen Peterson
- Born April 17, 1983
- Hometown: West Salem, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (BS, 2006) / University of South Dakota (MA, 2016)
- The Wisconsin-native started his coaching career at La Cresent HS in Minnesota
- Next coached the Wisconsin Playground Warriors AAU team based in Milwaukee
- Became an assistant coach at Williston State College in North Dakota, serving in that capacity for four seasons
- Spent two seasons as an assistant at D-II MSU-Moorhead under Stu Engen and Chad Walthall
- Returned to Williston in 2011 and spent three years as head coach and athletic director
- Moved up to the D-I ranks in 2014 when he became an assistant at South Dakota under Craig Smith
- Followed Smith to Utah State in 2018 and to Utah in 2021; was his assistant for eight total seasons
- Hired in March 2022 to be the next head coach at South Dakota
Eric Peterson Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only