Brian Dutcher

Brian Dutcher

File:Brian Dutcher 2023.jpg Dutcher posing for a picture in April 2023.
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	San Diego State
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	154–48 (.762)
Biographical details
Born	(1959-10-30) October 30, 1959 Alpena, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Minnesota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1985	Illinois (GA)
1986–1988	South Dakota State (assistant)
1989–1998	Michigan (associate HC)
1999–2017	San Diego State (associate HC)
2017–present	San Diego State
Head coaching record
Overall	154–48 (.762)
Tournaments	5–4 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division I Regional — Final Four (2023) 3 MWC tournament (2018, 2021, 2023) 3 MWC regular season (2020, 2021, 2023)
Awards
2× MWC Coach of the Year (2020, 2021)

Brian James Dutcher (born October 30, 1959) is an American college basketball coach and is the head coach for the San Diego State Aztecs men's team of the Mountain West Conference. He was an assistant under head coach Steve Fisher with the Michigan Wolverines and San Diego State, succeeding Fisher as Aztecs' head coach upon his retirement in 2017.

Coaching career

Dutcher has more than 30 years of coaching experience, including 18 seasons as an assistant to Steve Fisher at San Diego State preceded by nine at the University of Michigan. Dutcher joined then-interim coach Fisher in 1989 when Michigan won the national championship. Dutcher is credited for having a central role in recruiting the Fab Five to Michigan and for bringing Kawhi Leonard to San Diego State. Dutcher was named San Diego State's "head coach in waiting" in 2011. Following Fisher's decision to retire, Dutcher was formally named as his replacement on April 11, 2017.

Thanks to Dutcher bringing in transfers Malachi Flynn, Yanni Wetzell, K.J. Feagin, and Trey Pulliam, along with the development of returnees Matt Mitchell, Jordan Shackel, Nathan Mensah, and Adam Seiko, the Aztecs started the 2019-20 season 26-0, with impressive road/neutral site wins over BYU, Creighton, Iowa, and Utah State - the preseason Mountain West favorite. This resulted in a #4 ranking for five straight weeks for SDSU while Dutcher was named to the Naismith Coach of the Year Late-Season Watch List. Dutcher was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year on March 3, 2020.

Personal life

Dutcher and his wife, Jan, have two daughters: Erin and Liza. He is the son of Jim Dutcher, a former head coach at Eastern Michigan and Minnesota.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
San Diego State Aztecs (Mountain West Conference) (2017–present)
2017–18	San Diego State	22–11	11–7	T–4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2018–19	San Diego State	21–13	11–7	T–4th
2019–20	San Diego State	30–2	17–1	1st	NCAA Tournament Canceled*
2020–21	San Diego State	23–5	14–3	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2021–22	San Diego State	23–9	13–4	3rd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23	San Diego State	32–7	15–3	1st	NCAA Division I Runner-up
2023-24	San Diego State	7–2	0–0
San Diego State:		154–48 (.762)	81–25 (.764)
Total:		154–48 (.762)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

*The 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.