Jeff Boals

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Jeff Boals
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Jeff Boals
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Ohio
Conference MAC
Record102–66 (.607)
Annual salary$581,000
Biographical details
Born (1972-09-05) September 5, 1972 (age 52)
Magnolia, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1995 Ohio
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996 Ohio (asst.)
1996–1999 Charleston (WV) (asst.)
1999–2003 Marshall (asst.)
2003–2004Charleston (WV) (assoc. HC)
2004–2006 Robert Morris (asst.)
2006–2009 Akron (asst.)
2009–2016 Ohio State (asst.)
2016–2019 Stony Brook
2019–presentOhio
Head coaching record
Overall157–108 (.592)
Tournaments1–1 (NCAA Division I)
1–2 (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC tournament (2021)

Jeff Boals (born September 5, 1972) is the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team. Boals spent seven years as an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team under the tutelage of Thad Matta. In his first head coaching job, he replaced Steve Pikiell as the head coach for the Stony Brook Seawolves for three years. [1] [2]

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Playing career

A 1995 graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences, Boals was a four-year letterwinner on the Bobcats' basketball team. [3] Also a two-year captain, he helped guide Ohio to a 1994 MAC regular season and tournament championship to send the Bobcats to the NCAA tournament, the next season the program won the Preseason National Invitation tournament. [4] In the preseason NIT, the Bobcats notched road victories over Ohio State and Virginia before edging New Mexico State and George Washington at Madison Square Garden. Boals suffered a torn ACL in his senior year of college that ended his playing career. [3]

Coaching career

Boals landed his first coaching job as an assistant coach at his alma mater after graduating. He then took an assistant coaching job at the University of Charleston in West Virginia, where he stayed for three seasons before joining Marshall as an assistant coach from 1999 to 2003. Boals returned to Charleston as the associate head coach, for one season before jumping back to the Division I ranks with Robert Morris, then to Akron. [5] He joined the coaching staff of Ohio State in 2009, led by Thad Matta, where he was a part of three Big Ten Conference regular-season titles, four NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearances, an Elite Eight, and a Final Four appearance in 2012. [6] The Buckeyes' record was 193–62 with Boals as assistant coach. Boals recruited players such as D'Angelo Russell and Jared Sullinger to play for Ohio State. [7]

Stony Brook

On April 8, 2016, Boals was named the 11th head coach in Stony Brook men's basketball history, and its third since moving to Division I. [6] In Boals' first season as head coach, the Seawolves finished 18–14 (12–4), second in the America East Conference. [8] Boals led the Seawolves to their first 20-win season under his tenure in 2018–19 after which they earned a bid to the CBI.

Ohio

On March 17, 2019, Boals resigned from Stony Brook to accept a head coaching position at his alma mater, Ohio University. [9] Boals' contract with Ohio is for five years, with a $581,100 yearly salary. [10] The Bobcats went 17–15 in Boals first season with Ohio. Following the 2019–2020 season, the MAC tournament was cancelled due to the start of the coronavirus pandemic. [11] The next season Boals lead his 2020–21 team to a 17–8 record including 3 wins in the MAC tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the West region. There they upset No. 4-seeded Virginia in the first round [12] before falling to No. 5-seeded Creighton in the second round. [13] [14] The Bobcats were led in the tournament by their point guard Jason Preston who declared for the NBA draft where he was the 33rd pick and acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers [15] [16] His 2021–22 team opened with a school best 19-3 record but struggled down the stretch to finish 25–10. [17] His 2022-23 team had a lot of roster turnover and slipped to 19–14. [18] His 2023-24 team finished 20–13. [19]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Stony Brook Seawolves (America East Conference)(2016–2019)
2016–17 Stony Brook 18–1412–42nd CBI First Round
2017–18 Stony Brook 13–197–95th
2018–19 Stony Brook 24–912–42nd CBI First Round*
Stony Brook:55–42 (.567)31–17 (.646)
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference)(2019–present)
2019–20 Ohio 17–158–105th (East)**
2020–21 Ohio 17–89–55th NCAA Division I Round of 32
2021–22 Ohio 25–1014–63rd CBI Quarterfinals
2022–23 Ohio 19–1410–85th
2023–24 Ohio 20–1313–5T–2nd
2024–25 Ohio 4–50–0
Ohio:102–66 (.607)54–35 (.607)
Total:157–108 (.592)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

*Boals left for Ohio prior to the 2019 CBI and did not coach in the Seawolves' games.
** MAC tournament had to stop due to COVID-19 pandemic. [20]

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