Jeff Linder

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Texas Tech Red Raiders (Head coach: Grant McCasland)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: Northern Colorado Bears, Wyoming Cowboys
Northern Colorado record: 80-50 (.615)
Wyoming record: 63-59 (.516)
Overall record: 143-109 (.567)

Jeff Linder
Born June 21, 1977
Hometown: Lafayette, Colorado
Alma Mater: Western State College of Colorado (2000)
Played three seasons at D-II Western State, earning All-Rocky Mountain Conference honors each year
First job was as assistant DBO at Colorado for one season under Ricardo Patton
First coaching jobs were at Division II Emporia State and Midland Junior College (the latter under Grant McCasland)
Spent two seasons as an assistant under Randy Rahe at Weber State
Worked for two years – one as an assistant and one as associate head coach – under Rex Walters at San Francisco
Was on Leon Rice’s staff at Boise State for six seasons, three as an assistant and then three as Rice’s associate head coach
Hired in May 2016 to be the new head coach at Northern Colorado
- Led the Bears to a 2018 CIT championship and went 80-50 over four seasons
Left UNC to become the new head coach at Wyoming in March 2020
- Went 25-9 in his second season, earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament
- Signed a contract extension in March 2022, but resigned two years later after four seasons at Wyoming
Joined Grant McCasland‘s staff at Texas Tech as an assistant coach in May 2024