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Jeff Meyer (basketball)

Jeff Meyer (basketball)

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Jeffrey Dennis Meyer (born June 21, 1954) is an former American college basketball coach, most recently an assistant at Butler University. He was brought on in June 2017 as assistant coach by new head coach and former Michigan assistant LaVall Jordan. He previously served as a men's basketball assistant coach at Michigan under John Beilein and Indiana University during the Kelvin Sampson tenure.

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He graduated in 1976 from Taylor University and played basketball with the Trojans while he was there.[1]

Previously, he served as head coach at Liberty University where he remains the winningest coach in school history. He was named head coach of the then Liberty Baptist College on March 25, 1981. He stepped down as head coach to become assistant to the president of Liberty on November 1, 1997.[2]

On November 3, 2020, Meyer announced his retirement from coaching.[3]

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  1. pg. 36 of the Summer 2007 edition of Taylor: A Magazine for Taylor University Alumni and Friends ISSN 1073-4376 "For me, my Taylor years were foundational years for my adult life...I went to Taylor somewhat naive, but with the purpose to get a college degree and extend my basketball career. Looking back, what I received was certainly more than a college degree. I got a quality education and it was a life changing experience...during those years, God certainly developed a root system for growth in my personal life."
  2. 2007–2008 Liberty University Men's Basketball Media Guide pp. 108–109
  3. "Butler Bulldogs assistant coach Jeff Meyer retiring, citing COVID concerns". ESPN. Associated Press. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.



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