Eugene "Pooh" Jeter III (/ˈdʒɛtər/; born December 2, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball coach, executive and former player, currently serving as a player development coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and assistant GM for the Rip City Remix of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Portland Pilots and was a naturalized player for the Ukraine national team with his naturalized name being Yudzhin Dzheter (Ukrainian: Юджін Джетер).

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Eugene Jeter

Jeter playing for Hapoel Jerusalem
Portland Trail Blazers
Position	Player development coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1983-12-02) December 2, 1983 (age 40) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American / Ukrainian
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Junipero Serra (Gardena, California)
College	Portland (2002–2006)
NBA draft	2006: undrafted
Playing career	2006–2023
Position	Point guard
Number	5, 15
Career history
2006–2007	Colorado 14ers
2007–2008	Kyiv
2008–2009	ViveMenorca
2009	Unicaja Málaga
2009–2010	Hapoel Jerusalem
2010–2011	Sacramento Kings
2011–2012	Joventut Badalona
2012–2016	Shandong Lions / Golden Stars
2015	Limoges CSP
2016–2018	Tianjin Gold Lions
2018–2020	Fujian Sturgeons
2021	BC Dnipro
2021–2023	NBA G League Ignite
Career highlights and awards
LNB Pro A champion (2015) CBA All-Star (2013) Israeli Super League Sixth Man of the Year (2010) NBA D-League All-Star (2007) 2× First-team All-WCC (2004, 2006)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

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Jeter went undrafted at the 2006 NBA draft. He played his first professional season with the Colorado 14ers of the NBA D-League.

In August 2007, Jeter moved to Europe and signed a one-year deal with BC Kyiv of Ukraine.^[1]

In August 2008, Jeter moved to Spain and signed a one-year deal with ViveMenorca of the Liga ACB.^[2]

In September 2009, Jeter signed with Unicaja Málaga.^[3] In November 2009, he left Unicaja and signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel for the remainder of the season.^[4]

On July 21, 2010, Jeter signed with the Sacramento Kings.^[5]

In August 2011, Jeter returned to Spain and signed with Joventut Badalona for the 2011–12 season.^[6]

In September 2012, Jeter signed with Shandong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.^[7] In July 2014, he extended his contract with Shandong for two more years.^[8]

On March 21, 2015, Jeter signed with Limoges CSP of France for the rest of the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season.^[9][10]

On July 14, 2015, Jeter re-signed with the Shandong Lions for the 2015–16 season.^[11]

In October 2016, Jeter signed with Tianjin Gold Lions for the 2016–17 CBA season.^[12] On April 11, 2017, he signed with Turkish club Beşiktaş for the rest of the 2016–17 Basketbol Süper Ligi season.^[13] However he did not play for them because Beşiktaş was banned by FIBA from registering new players and the deal could not be completed.^[14]

On January 1, 2021, Jeter signed with BC Dnipro of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.^[15]

On October 28, 2021, Jeter signed with the NBA G League Ignite.^[16] On June 9, 2023, he announced his retirement.^[17]

In 2013, Jeter helped the senior Ukrainian national basketball team qualify for the FIBA World Cup for the first time since the Soviet Union broke apart, by being the team's leader in assists during the 2013 EuroBasket tournament, with an average of 4.1 assists per game.

On June 9, 2023, Jeter was hired as a player development coach for the Portland Trail Blazers and as an assistant GM for the Rip City Remix.^[17]

Jeter is the younger brother of sprinter Carmelita Jeter, a two-time IAAF World Athletics Final gold medalist.