| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | South Dakota |
| Conference | Summit |
| Record | 42–52 (.447) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 17, 1983 [1] West Salem, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 | La Crescent High School (MN) (assistant) |
| 2005–2009 | Williston State (assistant) |
| 2009–2011 | Minnesota State–Moorhead (assistant) |
| 2011–2012 | Williston State (assistant) |
| 2012–2014 | Williston State |
| 2014–2018 | South Dakota (assistant) |
| 2018–2021 | Utah State (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Utah (assistant) |
| 2022–present | South Dakota |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2011–2014 | Williston State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 42–52 (.447) (NCAA) 52–15 (.776) (NJCAA) |
Eric Allen Peterson (born April 17, 1983) [1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team. [2] [3]
While still in college, Peterson served as an assistant coach at La Crescent High School in La Crescent, Minnesota while also working with AAU teams in Wisconsin. [4] In 2005, Peterson began his college coaching career as an assistant at Williston State, before moving on to join the coaching staff at Minnesota State–Moorhead from 2009 to 2011. [4]
He'd return to Williston State, this time as an assistant coach and athletic director. In 2012, he'd be elevated to the head coaching position where he'd guide the Tetons to a 52–15 mark including at 2013 Region XIII championship and 2014 Mon-Dak Conference, while also earning coach of the year honors at the regional and conference levels too. [2] Peterson would then join Craig Smith's staff at South Dakota, and follow Smith at his subsequent stops at both Utah State and Utah. [5] [6]
On March 16, 2022, Peterson returned to South Dakota, being named the 20th head coach in program history, replacing Todd Lee. [3] [7]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williston State (Mon-Dak)(2012–2014) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Williston State | 25–9 [8] | 8–2 | ||||||
| 2013–14 | Williston State | 27–6 [9] | 9–1 | ||||||
| Williston State: | 52–15 (.776) | 17–3 (.850) | |||||||
| Total: | 52–15 (.776) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota (Summit League)(2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | South Dakota | 12–19 | 7–11 | T–6th | |||||
| 2023–24 | South Dakota | 12–20 | 5–11 | T–8th | |||||
| 2024–25 | South Dakota | 18–13 | 9–7 | ||||||
| South Dakota: | 42–52 (.447) | 21–29 (.420) | |||||||
| Total: | 42–52 (.447) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||