Dan Peters (basketball)

Dan Peters
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1954-07-15)July 15, 1954
Died	October 27, 2014(2014-10-27) (aged 60)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1978 1978–1979 1979–1981 1981–1983 1983–1988 1988–1989 1989–1991 1991–1993 1993–1999 1999–2004 2004–2009 2009–2014	Guernsey Catholic HS Meadowbrook HS Delta State (asst.) Walsh (asst.) Walsh Western Carolina (asst.) Akron (asst.) Saint Joseph's (IN) Youngstown State Cincinnati (asst.) Ohio State (asst.) Akron (Dir. of Basketball Ops)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Mid-American Conference 2011, 2013
Awards Mid-Con Coach of the Year (1998)

Dan Peters (July 15, 1954 – October 27, 2014) was an American basketball coach, most recently the Director of Basketball Operations for the men's basketball team at the University of Akron. Previously, he served as head coach at Youngstown State University,^[1] and Walsh University. Dan Peters was an assistant under Bob Huggins before becoming interim head coach at the University of Cincinnati taking over after Bob Huggins was terminated. He then took the job as an assistant coach for Thad Matta at Ohio State University before moving to his final coaching position as the Director of Basketball Operations under Keith Dambrot at the University of Akron.

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Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball head coaches

Al Fairfield (1927–1930) Jack McPhee (1930–1932) Denton Doll (1932–1933) Jack McPhee (1933–1935) Ray Sweeney (1935–1940) Dom Rosselli (1940–1942) Joe Morbito (1942–1943) No team (1943–1946) Dom Rosselli (1946–1982) Mike Rice (1982–1987) Jim Cleamons (1987–1989) John Stroia (1989–1993) Dan Peters (1993–1999) John Robic (1999–2005) Jerry Slocum (2005– )