| Eric Peterson | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | South Dakota |
| Current Conference: | Summit |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1983[1] |
| Birth Place: | West Salem, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| Coach Years1: | 2003–2005 |
| Coach Team1: | La Crescent High School (MN) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2005–2009 |
| Coach Team2: | Williston State (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2009–2011 |
| Coach Team3: | Minnesota State–Moorhead (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2011–2012 |
| Coach Team4: | Williston State (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2012–2014 |
| Coach Team5: | Williston State |
| Coach Years6: | 2014–2018 |
| Coach Team6: | South Dakota (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2018–2021 |
| Coach Team7: | Utah State (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2021–2022 |
| Coach Team8: | Utah (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team9: | South Dakota |
| Admin Years1: | 2011–2014 |
| Admin Team1: | Williston State |
| Overall Record: | (NCAA) 52–15 (NJCAA) |
Eric Allen Peterson (born April 17, 1983) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team.[2] [3]
While still in college, Peterson served as an assistant coach at La Crescent High School in La Crescent, Minnesota while also working with AAU teams in Wisconsin.[4] In 2005, Peterson began his college coaching career as an assistant at Williston State, before moving on to join the coaching staff at Minnesota State–Moorhead from 2009 to 2011.[4]
He'd return to Williston State, this time as an assistant coach and athletic director. In 2012, he'd be elevated to the head coaching position where he'd guide the Tetons to a 52–15 mark including at 2013 Region XIII championship and 2014 Mon-Dak Conference, while also earning coach of the year honors at the regional and conference levels too.[2] Peterson would then join Craig Smith's staff at South Dakota, and follow Smith at his subsequent stops at both Utah State and Utah.[5] [6]
On March 16, 2022, Peterson returned to South Dakota, being named the 20th head coach in program history, replacing Todd Lee.[3] [7]