Jeff Meyer (basketball)

Jeff Meyer
	Meyer (left) in 2015
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Butler
Conference	Big East
Biographical details
Born	June 21, 1954 (age 70); Lafayette, Indiana
Alma mater	Taylor ('76)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1980	Purdue (asst.)
1980–1981	South Florida (asst.)
1981–1997	Liberty
1998–2001	Winthrop (asst.)
2001–2004	Butler (asst.)
2004–2006	Missouri (asst.)
2006–2008	Indiana (asst.)
2008–2017	Michigan (asst.)
2017–present	Butler (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	259–206 (.557)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Big South Tournament championship (1994); Big South regular season co-champions (1997); 2× Big Ten regular season championships (2007, 2014)

Jeffrey Dennis Meyer (born June 21, 1954) is an American college basketball coach, currently 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 an men's basketball assistant coach at Michigan under John Beilein and Indiana University during the Kelvin Sampson tenure.

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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Liberty Flames (NAIA) (1981–1983)
1981–82	Liberty	15–11
1982–83	Liberty	23–9			5th at NAIA Nationals
Liberty Flames (Mason-Dixon Conference) (1983–1988)
1983–84	Liberty	19–10	5–5
1984–85	Liberty	19–10	6–4
1985–86	Liberty	18–13	6–4
1986–87	Liberty	18–11	3–5
1987–88	Liberty	13–15	4–4
Liberty Flames (Division I Independent) (1988–1991)
1988–89	Liberty	10–17
1989–90	Liberty	11–17
1990–91	Liberty	5–23
Liberty Flames (Big South Conference) (1991–2007)
1991–92	Liberty	22–7	10–4	2nd
1992–93	Liberty	16–14	9–7	4th
1993–94	Liberty	18–12	12–6	4th	NCAA First Round
1994–95	Liberty	12–16	7–9	5th
1995–96	Liberty	17–12	9–5	T-2nd
1996–97	Liberty	23–9	11–3	T-1st
Liberty:		259–206 (.557)	82–56 (.594)
Total:		259–206 (.557)
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

References

^ 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."
^ 2007–2008 Liberty University Men's Basketball Media Guide pp. 108–109

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[1] . 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."

[Liberty_Media_Guide-2] 2007–2008 Liberty University Men's Basketball Media Guide pp. 108–109

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