Rob Jeter
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| Rob Jeter | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | UW-Milwaukee | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | May 15, 1969 | |
| Place of birth |  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| Horizon League Tournament Championship (2006) Horizon League Regular Season Championship (2006) |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1987–1991 | UW-Platteville | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1994–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2005 2005–present |
UW-Platteville (asst.) Marquette (asst.) UW-Milwaukee (asst.) Wisconsin (asst.) UW-Milwaukee |
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Rob Jeter (born May 15, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA) is the head men's basketball coach of the UWM Panthers. He took over the position vacated by Bruce Pearl in 2005, when Pearl was hired at the University of Tennessee.
Jeter formerly was an assistat coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee, and Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Milwaukee is his first college head coaching position.
In 2005-06, Jeter led his team to its third-straight Horizon League regular season title and the conference tournament title for the school's second straight NCAA tournament berth. In the 2006 NCAA tournament, the Panthers beat Oklahoma before losing to eventual national champion Florida. and its second-straight berth in the NCAA Tournament. He also set a school record for wins by a first-year head coach.
[edit] Before being a head coach
Jeter played collegiate basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he played under Bo Ryan from 1987-91. Jeter was team captain when the team won 1991 NCAA Division III tournament and was named to the All-Final Four team. Jeter still holds UW-Platteville records for career field goal percentage (.601) and consecutive starts (89). He then played professionally overseas, with Olivias Futebol Clube in Portugal.
He attended high school at Quigley South Preparatory School and then headed to UW-Platteville, where he earned his business administration degree in 1991. He received a master's degree in adult education from UW-Platteville in December of 2001.
After his pro career, Jeter worked as an assistant, starting at UW-Platteville, then UW-Milwaukee, then UW-Madison.
Jeter grew up in Chicago. His dad, Bob, is a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and his brother, Carlton, played basketball alongside Rob at UW-Platteville.
Jeter and his wife, Deanna, have a five-year old son, Robert, and a two-year-old son, Jonathan.
[edit] Head Coach career record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| UW-Milwaukee (Horizon League) (2005 — present) | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | UW-Milwaukee | 22-9 | 12-4 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | UW-Milwaukee | 9-22 | 6-10 | T-7th | |||||
| 2007–2008 | UW-Milwaukee | 14-16 | 9-9 | T-4th | |||||
| 2008-2009 | UW-Milwaukee | ||||||||
| UW-Milwaukee: | 45-47 | 27-23 | |||||||
| Total: | 45-47 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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| Preceded by Bruce Pearl |
UW-Milwaukee Head Basketball Coach 2005 – Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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