| Eric Duft | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Weber State |
| Current Conference: | Big Sky |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Sterling, Kansas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1991–1995 |
| Player Team1: | Sterling (KS) |
| Coach Years1: | 1995–1997 |
| Coach Team1: | Central CC (KS) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1997–1998 |
| Coach Team2: | Central CC (KS) |
| Coach Years3: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team3: | Cowley CC (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1999–2006 |
| Coach Team4: | Hutchinson CC (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2006–2022 |
| Coach Team5: | Weber State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team6: | Weber State |
Eric Preston Duft (born December 26, 1972) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team.[1]
After playing at Sterling High School in Kansas, Duft would continue his college playing career at local Sterling College, where he played four seasons of basketball.[2]
Duft's first coaching position came at Central Community College in Kansas as an assistant coach for two seasons, before spending a lone season as the team's head coach. He'd then move on to an assistant coaching position at Cowley Community College, before spending the next seven seasons as an assistant coach at Hutchinson Community College, where he worked under former Utah State head coach Tim Duryea.[3]
In 2006, he was hired as an assistant coach under Randy Rahe at Weber State, and remained on staff through Rahe's entire coaching tenure, which included three NCAA tournament appearances and five Big Sky Conference regular season titles. After Rahe announced his retirement on May 17, 2022, Duft was promoted to head coach two days later, making him the 10th head coach in Weber State basketball history.[4] [5]