Eric Duft

Last updated
Eric Duft
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Weber State
Conference Big Sky
Record36–24 (.600)
Biographical details
Born (1972-12-26) December 26, 1972 (age 51)
Sterling, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1995 Sterling (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1997Central CC (KS) (assistant)
1997–1998Central CC (KS)
1998–1999 Cowley CC (assistant)
1999–2006 Hutchinson CC (assistant)
2006–2022 Weber State (assistant)
2022–presentWeber State
Head coaching record
Overall36–24 (.600)

Eric Preston Duft [1] (born December 26, 1972) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team. [2]

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Playing career

After playing at Sterling High School in Kansas, Duft would continue his college playing career at local Sterling College, where he played four seasons of basketball. [3]

Coaching career

Duft's first coaching position came at Central Community College in Kansas as an assistant coach for two seasons, before spending a lone season as the team's head coach. He'd then move on to an assistant coaching position at Cowley Community College, before spending the next seven seasons as an assistant coach at Hutchinson Community College, where he worked under former Utah State head coach Tim Duryea. [4]

In 2006, he was hired as an assistant coach under Randy Rahe at Weber State, and remained on staff through Rahe's entire coaching tenure, which included three NCAA tournament appearances and five Big Sky Conference regular season titles. After Rahe announced his retirement on May 17, 2022, Duft was promoted to head coach two days later, making him the 10th head coach in Weber State basketball history. [5] [6]

Head coaching record

NCAA D1

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky)(2022–present)
2022–23 Weber State 18–1512–63rd
2023–24 Weber State 18–99–5
Weber State:36–24 (.600)21–11 (.656)
Total:36–24 (.600)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 Faculty & Staff Giving" (PDF), WSU News, Weber State University, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 6, April 2013, retrieved December 7, 2023
  2. ↑ "Eric Duft - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Weber State University Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Sterling native Eric Duft named as new Head Coach at Weber State". Hutch Post. May 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "'Honored and privileged': Randy Rahe retires at Weber State; Eric Duft named new men's basketball coach".
  5. ↑ "Retirement time for both Randy and Laura Rahe". Weber State University Athletics.
  6. ↑ "Eric Duft takes over as new Weber State head coach". Weber State University Athletics.
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