Jeff Boals (born September 5, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Ohio Bobcats
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Stony Brook record: 55-41 (.573)
Ohio record: 78-47 (.624)
Overall record: 133-89 (.599)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2017, 2022)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Ohio |
| 2016-2019 | Stony Brook |
| 2009-2016 | Ohio State (asst) |
| 2006-2009 | Akron (asst) |
| 2004-2006 | Robert Morris (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Charleston (WV) (assoc. HC) |
| 1999-2003 | Marshall (asst) |
| 1996-1999 | Charleston (WV) (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Ohio (asst) |
Jeff Boals Facts
- Jeff Boals
- Born September 5, 1972
- Hometown: Magnolia, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Ohio University (BS, 1995)
- Played for four seasons, two as captain, at Ohio under head coach Larry Hunter
- Has worked as an assistant under Hunter, Greg White, Mark Schmidt, Keith Dambrot and Thad Matta
- Hired in 2016 to be the head coach at Stony Brook, the program’s third head coach since making the jump to Division I
- Led the Seawolves to the 2017 CBI in his first season at the helm
- Through three seasons at Stony Brook, Boals has an overall record of 55-41
- Left Stony Brook in March 2019 to return to his alma mater, Ohio
- Went 17-15 (8-10 MAC) in his first season with the Bobcats
- The 2020-21 Bobcats squad, led by Jason Preston, won the MAC Tournament to earn an automatic NCAA bid
- Won 25 games during the 2021-22 season, tied for 2nd-most in a season in program history
- Along with his wife, Katie, has one daughter and one son
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