Jeff Linder
Jeff Linder (born June 21, 1977)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Wyoming Cowboys
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
Northern Colorado record: 80-50 (.615)
Wyoming record: 63-59 (.516)
Overall record: 143-109 (.567)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2022)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Championships: 1 (2018)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2018)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 0
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 1 (2019)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2020-present | Wyoming |
| 2016-2020 | Northern Colorado |
| 2013-2016 | Boise State (assoc. HC) |
| 2010-2013 | Boise State (asst) |
| 2009-2010 | San Francisco (assoc. HC) |
| 2008-2009 | San Francisco (asst) |
| 2006-2008 | Weber State (asst) |
| 2004-2006 | Midland College (asst) |
| 2001-2004 | Emporia State |
| 2000-2001 | Colorado (asst. DBO) |
Jeff Linder Facts
- 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 new contract in March 2022 that extended his deal through the 2026-27 season
Jeff Linder Coaching Tree
- Steve Smiley (Northern Colorado)
- Sundance Wicks (Green Bay)
