Rick Duffett (born July 8, 1946) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and coach.
[1] Rick Duffett began attending Michigan State University in the fall of 1966 joining the ice hockey program on the heels of their first national title.
[3] After an abortive attempt at a professional career Duffett turned to coaching, leading Sault Area High for a time before finding his way behind the bench of the newly created NAIA program at Ferris State.
Duffett was able to shepherd the Bulldogs to early success in the NAIA, finishing well above .500 in his first three seasons before his first losing campaign as Ferris State was moving to become an NCAA Division I program.
[5] With his coaching career over Duffett returned to Michigan State to earn a PhD but couldn't stay away from Big Rapids for long, joining Ferris State's administration and working his way up to a vice presidential role before announcing his retirement in 2008.