Eric Skeeters is an American college basketball coach who was most recently head coach of the Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team.

Playing career

Skeeters played basketball and lacrosse at Catonsville CC, where he led the region in assists in 1990.

Coaching career

After obtaining his associate degree, Skeeters enrolled at Coppin State while also beginning his coaching career as an assistant coach and junior varsity head coach at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. He stayed in that position from 1992 to 1996, landing on the coaching staff at Coppin State under

Fang Mitchell Ronald L. "Fang" Mitchell (born February 8, 1948) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Coppin State University. Early life, education, and business career Born in Philadelphia and raised in Camde ...

. Skeeters was on the Eagles staff that upset second-seeded South Carolina as a 15-seed in the 1997 NCAA tournament, and continued on with Coppin State until 1999 when he accepted an assistant coaching position at

Youngstown State Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...

. After Youngstown State, Skeeters joined Seth Greenberg's coaching staff at Virginia Tech for one season before making assistant coaching stops at Towson,

South Florida South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the other two are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of th ...

and George Mason until landing on fellow former Virginia Tech assistant coach

Ryan Odom Robert Ryan Odom (born July 11, 1974) is an American men's college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the VCU Rams men's basketball team. He was previously the head coach of the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears, the UMBC Retrievers, and the ...

's staff at UMBC in 2016. In 2018, Skeeters was on the Retrievers coaching staff that became the first 16-seed to defeat a one-seed in the 2018 NCAA tournament with a 74–54 win over Virginia. On July 25, 2018 Skeeters was named the 16th head coach in Delaware State history, replacing

Keith Walker Keith Walker may refer to: Sports *Keith Walker (wrestler), American professional wrestler * Keith Walker (footballer), Scottish footballer *Keith Walker (referee), English football referee *Keith Walker (basketball), college basketball head coach ...

. On April 1, 2021, Delaware State and Skeeters parted ways after 3 seasons.

Head coaching record

References