He graduated from Alpena High School in 1951 where he was class president and a three-sport athlete, earning All-State honors in football and basketball.
[2][3][4] Dutcher joined the Army in 1955, serving as a member of the 3rd Armored Division and was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany.
While at Eastern Michigan, his team played in the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971; and the NCAA College Division Finals in Evansville, Indiana in 1972.
Not long after he arrived, the Gophers were slapped with heavy NCAA sanctions due to violations under Musselman's watch.
The Gophers recovered fairly quickly, and in 1982 they won their last "official" Big Ten Conference title and advanced to the Sweet 16 of that year's NCAA Tournament.
A Madison woman claimed the players raped her at their team hotel hours after the Gophers played the Wisconsin Badgers.
Dutcher went on to become a registered financial advisor and became a Senior Vice President for Royal Bank of Canada-Dain.