| Jeff Rutter | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Western Michigan |
| Current Conference: | MAC |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1965 |
| Birth Place: | West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1984–1986 |
| Player Team1: | Wisconsin–Waukesha |
| Player Years2: | 1986–1988 |
| Player Team2: | Winona State |
| Coach Years1: | 1990–1995 |
| Coach Team1: | North Dakota State (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team2: | Stetson (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1996–2003 |
| Coach Team3: | Wisconsin–Parkside |
| Coach Years4: | 2003–2006 |
| Coach Team4: | Northern Iowa (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2006–2010 |
| Coach Team5: | Iowa State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team6: | Drake (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2016–2017 |
| Coach Team7: | Drake (interim HC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2017–2022 |
| Coach Team8: | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team9: | Western Michigan (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 14–40 |
Jeff Rutter (born January 28, 1965) is an American basketball coach. He currently serves as an assistant men's basketball coach at Western Michigan. Rutter also served as the interim head coach at Drake from December 2016 to March 2017.
Rutter has served as an assistant coach at the Division II and Division I levels. He moved with Greg McDermott from Northern Iowa to Iowa State in 2006[1] and stayed on as director of basketball operations at Iowa State after McDermott was replaced by Fred Hoiberg.[2]
Following the December 2016 resignation of Ray Giacoletti, Rutter took his first Division I head coaching job as the interim head coach of Drake. Since Drake he has served as an assistant and Miami (OH) and Western Michigan[3]