Chad Boudreau

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Western Illinois Leathernecks
Current conference: Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
Western Illinois record: 21-12 (.636)
Overall record^: 21-12 (.636)

Michael Chad Boudreau
Born October 23, 1972
Hometown: Farmington, Iowa
Alma Mater: Hannibal-LaGrange College (BA, 1995) / Southwest Baptist University (M.Ed, 1999)
Graduated from Harmony HS (IA) and then played basketball at Southeastern CC (IA) for two years before transferring to NAIA Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)
- Early coaching roles include a stint as a graduate assistant with the Hannibal-LaGrange women’s program
First full-time gig was as an assistant at Indian Hills CC (IA), where he spent six seasons and was part of a NCJAA Final Four team
Hired by Rob Jeter in 2005 to be an assistant coach at Milwaukee and worked with the Panthers program for the next eleven years
- Part of two Horizon League titles and two NCAA Tournaments during his time in Milwaukee
Spent one year as an assistant under Pat Miller at D-III Wisconsin-Whitewater and then was hired as the head coach at Highland CC (IL)
- Won three Arrowhead Conference titles in three years at Highland, twice going undefeated in league play
- Named Arrowhead Conference COY all three years and was named NJCAA Region IV COY twice
Reunited with Jeter in 2020, joining his staff at Western Illinois as associate head coach; the WIU campus is less than two hours from where he grew up
Elevated to head coach at Western Illinois in April 2023; the program moved to the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) later that summer
- Went 21-12 in his first season at the helm, the first 20+ win campaign for the program since 2013

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only