Following seven seasons with the ISU men’s basketball team, Jeff Rutter is headed south to Des Moines to join Drake’s men’s basketball program.

Rutter arrived at Iowa State from Northern Iowa with Greg McDermott in 2006 after spending time in Cedar Falls from 2003-06. After four seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa State under McDermott, Rutter has spent the past three season’s on ISU coach Fred Hoiberg’s staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. 

The move sends Rutter back to the Missouri Valley Conference as he joins the staff of Ray Giacoletti, who was recently hired by the in-state rival Bulldogs.