List of Ohio Bobcats men's basketball head coaches

Last updated December 16, 2024

Jeff Boals, the current head coach of the Ohio Bobcats. JeffBoals.jpg — Jeff Boals, the current head coach of the Ohio Bobcats.

The following is a list of Ohio Bobcats men's basketball head coaches. There have been 19 head coaches of the Bobcats in their 116-season history.^[1]

Ohio's current head coach is Jeff Boals. He was hired as the Bobcats' head coach in March 2019,^[2] replacing Saul Phillips, who was fired after the 2018–19 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1907–1910	James C. Jones	3	10–10	.500
2	1910–1911	John Corbett	1	3–4	.429
3	1911–1912	Arthur W. Hinaman	1	2–9	.182
4	1912–1913	C. M. Douthit	1	5–8	.385
5	1913–1918	M. B. Banks	5	28–43	.394
6	1918–1920	Frank Gullum	2	10–10	.500
7	1920–1922	Russ Finsterwald	2	34–6	.850
8	1922–1938	Butch Grover	16	192–129	.598
9	1938–1949	Dutch Trautwein	11	136–90	.602
10	1949–1974	Jim Snyder	25	355–245	.592
11	1974–1980	Dale Bandy	6	69–89	.437
12	1980–1986	Danny Nee	6	107–67	.615
13	1986–1989	Billy Hahn	3	42–45	.483
14	1989–2001	Larry Hunter	12	204–148	.580
15	2001–2008	Tim O'Shea	7	120–95	.558
16	2008–2012	John Groce	4	85–56	.603
17	2012–2014	Jim Christian	2	49–21	.700
18	2014–2019	Saul Phillips	5	81–77	.513
19	2019–present	Jeff Boals	6	102–66	.607
Totals		19 coaches	118 seasons	1,634–1,218	.573
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season Source^[1]

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References

1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball History and Records" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics. p. 30. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
↑ Harrison, Alexander (March 17, 2019). "OU hires former Bobcat team captain to coach men's basketball". Athens News . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
↑ Arkley, Jason (March 13, 2019). "Phillips out at Ohio". The Athens Messenger . Retrieved April 2, 2023.

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[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball History and Records" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics. p. 30. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[2] Harrison, Alexander (March 17, 2019). "OU hires former Bobcat team captain to coach men's basketball". Athens News . Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[3] Arkley, Jason (March 13, 2019). "Phillips out at Ohio". The Athens Messenger . Retrieved April 2, 2023.

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