Jim Dutcher (basketball coach)

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Jim Dutcher
Title	Head coach
College	Minnesota
Sport	Basketball
Career highlights
Overall	190-113
Championships
Big Ten Regular Season Championship (1982)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975-1986	University of Minnesota

Jim Dutcher is a former head basketball coach at the University of Minnesota.

Dutcher took over the Gophers program in 1975 following the departure of Bill Musselman, previously having been an assistant coach at the University of Michigan. The highlight of his time at Minnesota was 1982, a season in which he led the Gophers to the Big Ten Championship and a Sweet 16 appearance. He was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year.

On January 25, 1986, three Gopher players were arrested on rape charges in Madison, Wisconsin. A Madison woman claimed the players raped her at their team hotel hours after the Gophers played the Wisconsin Badgers. The entire team and coaching staff, including Dutcher, was detained at Dane County Regional Airport for questioning. After the arrests, U of M officials canceled the Gophers' next scheduled game, against Northwestern, citing the arrests and a series of less serious incidents prior to the arrests. Feeling the decision was unfair, Dutcher resigned; he'd already planned to retire after the 1985-86 season. All three players were ultimately acquitted.

Preceded by Bill Musselman	University of Minnesota Head Basketball Coaches 1975–1986	Succeeded by Jimmy Williams

v • d • e Minnesota Golden Gophers Head Basketball Coaches

Cooke • Taylor • McMillan • Nordly • Mitchell • McMillan • Cowles • Kundla • Fitch • Hanson • Musselman • Dutcher • Williams • Haskins • Monson • Molinari • Smith