Robert DeLafayette Jeter III was born on May 15,1969 and is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at Southern Utah.
10 Facts About Rob Jeter
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Rob Jeter's father, Bob, was a Rose Bowl MVP as a halfback for the Iowa Hawkeyes and a second round pick in the 1960 NFL draft.
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Rob Jeter was later a defensive back in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers under Vince Lombardi and a member of the Packer Hall of Fame and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
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Rob Jeter's uncle, Tony Jeter, played football at Nebraska under head coach Bob Devaney and was a tight end in the NFL for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Rob 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.
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Rob Jeter was named to the Wisconsin State University Conference honor roll three times.
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Rob 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 1995 and 1998 before having a one-year stopover at Marquette under Mike Deane.
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Wisconsin averaged nearly 23 wins per season under Ryan and Rob Jeter and posted a school record 38-game home court winning streak.
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In 2005, Rob Jeter was hired to replace Bruce Pearl at Milwaukee, who led the Panthers to the Sweet 16 in the previous season during the 2005 NCAA tournament.
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On March 30,2020, Rob Jeter was named the 21st head coach at Western Illinois, replacing Billy Wright.