Robert DeLafayette Jeter III (born May 15, 1969) is an American

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coach and current head coach at

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Personal life

Born in

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, Jeter grew up in

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. His father, Bob (1937–2008), was a Rose Bowl

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as a halfback for the

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and a

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pick in the

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. He was later a

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in the

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for the

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under

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and a member of the Packer Hall of Fame and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. His brother, Carlton Jeter, played basketball alongside him at UW–Platteville. His uncle, Tony Jeter, played football at

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under head coach

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and was a tight end in the NFL for two seasons with the

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. Jeter and his wife, Deanna, have three sons, Robert, Jonathan (J.T.) and Jackson, and one daughter, Jolie.

Playing career

Jeter attended high school at

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Preparatory School in Chicago, and then played collegiate basketball at the

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, where he played under coach

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from 1987 to 1991 as a starting forward. Jeter was the captain of his team when it won the 1991 NCAA Division III tournament and was named to the all-Final Four team. He holds the UW–Platteville records for career field goal percentage (.601) and consecutive starts (89). In his four years playing, UW–Platteville went 102–16 while Jeter was a two-time All-Wisconsin State University Conference selection and two-time All-Midwest Region choice. He was also named to the Wisconsin State University Conference honor roll three times. He graduated with a B.S. in business administration in 1991. He also earned a master's degree in adult education at UW–Platteville in December 2001. Following graduation, he played professionally overseas from 1992 to 1993, with Olivias Futebol Clube in

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, leading the Portuguese national league in scoring. Jeter was inducted into the UW–Platteville Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2006.

Coaching career

Jeter returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 1994, where he'd stay until 1998 and as part of the Pioneers national title teams in

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and

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before having a one-year stopover at Marquette under Mike Deane. He'd then reunite with Ryan at Milwaukee, and would subsequently follow Ryan as an assistant coach to

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. In four years with the Badgers from 2001 to 2005, He was the Badgers' lead recruiter, while also coordinating Wisconsin's scouting and academic efforts. While at Wisconsin, they won two regular season

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championships and a Big Ten tournament title. They also made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including berths in the Sweet 16 in 2003, losing to Kentucky, and the Elite Eight in 2005, losing to North Carolina, who eventually became the national champion. Wisconsin averaged nearly 23 wins per season under Ryan and Jeter and posted a school record 38-game home court winning streak. In 2005, Jeter was hired to replace

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at Milwaukee, who led the Panthers to the Sweet 16 in the previous season during the 2005 NCAA tournament. Jeter would guide the Panthers to another

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conference and tournament title and a first-round win over

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in the 2006 NCAA tournament. During the next 10 seasons, Jeter would help the Panthers to another Horizon League regular season title and a berth in the 2011 NIT as well as a 2012 CBI appearance and another Horizon League conference tournament title for a spot in the 2014 NCAA tournament. At the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Jeter was fired by Milwaukee by Athletic Director Amanda Braun. Jeter would return to coach, accepting an assistant coaching position at

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, where he would stay from 2016 to 2018. He'd then join

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's staff at

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. On March 30, 2020, Jeter was named the 21st head coach at Western Illinois, replacing Billy Wright.

Head coaching record

References

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