Jeff Bauer enters the 2008-09 season as the top assistant coach for Grand Valley State. Bauer has been an assistant coach at GVSU for the previous two seasons. Prior to Grand Valley State, Bauer spent three seasons at Central Michigan.

Jeff is responsible for many of the day-to-day responsibilities within the Laker basketball program, including recruiting.

Bauer is making his second appearance at Grand Valley State in a coaching capacity. He was a student assistant for the Lakers during the 1996-97 campaign and then graduated from GVSU in 1997.

Bauer was a student assistant at Central Michigan from 1997-99 while completing his graduate degree. Jeff spent the 1999-2000 season as an assistant at Lincoln Memorial, before moving on as an assistant with the Grand Rapids Hoops of the Continental Basketball Association during the 2001-02 campaign. In 2002-03, Jeff served as the head coach at Grand Rapids Creston High School and led the team to a 12-9 record. Bauer was a part of the Central Michigan staff from 2003-06.

A 1993 graduate of Newaygo High School, Bauer lettered in basketball, football and baseball. He was an all-area pick on the gridiron. Jeff is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He has authored a coaching book, "The Complete Motion Notebook."