Jeff Boschee

Jeff Boschee
Pittsburg State Gorillas
PositionHead coach
LeagueThe MIAA
Personal information
Born (1979-12-21) December 21, 1979 (age 45)
Valley City, North Dakota, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High schoolValley City
(Valley City, North Dakota)
CollegeKansas (1998–2002)
NBA draft2002: undrafted
Playing career2003–2005
PositionPoint guard
Career history
As player:
2003–2004Kansas Cagerz
2004Panellinios B.C.
2004–2005Kansas City Knights
2005Grindavík
As coach:
2010–2014Missouri Southern (assistant)
2014–2022Missouri Southern
2022–presentPittsburg State
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • MIAA Coach of the Year (2018)

Jeffrey Allen Boschee (/ˈboʊʃiː/; born on December 21, 1979) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He currently serves as head coach of the men's team at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was formerly the head coach at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri.[1][2] Boschee played guard at the University of Kansas from 1998 to 2002. He was named Mr. Basketball for North Dakota in 1998.

Playing career

High school career

After a successful career at Valley City High School, Boschee was named a Parade Magazine All-American, USA Today Top 25 selection, and played in the McDonald's All-American game.

College career

Boschee was a four-year starter at Kansas under former KU coach Roy Williams from 1998 to 2002. While at KU he won a conference championship and a conference tournament championship, and played in the 2002 NCAA Final Four.[3] He was voted freshman of the year, and was named 3rd Team All-Big 12 as a senior. He is first all-time at KU in three-point field goals made and second all-time in games started. He once held the Big 12 career record for 3-pointers with 338, but on January 31, 2009, this was eclipsed by Texas's A. J. Abrams.[4]

Professional career

After his final season at Kansas, Boschee enrolled in some classes to finish his degree in sports management as well as playing for the practice squad. After graduating in the spring of 2003, he signed with Kansas Cagerz of the United States Basketball League for the last 10 games of the season where he averaged 9.2 points a game. He returned to the Cagerz the following season and averaged 13.2 points per game.[5]

In August 2004, he signed with Panellinios B.C. in Greece. During training camp, he sprained his ankle and missed three weeks. In October, he was further diagnosed with cysts growing on both his hip sockets, with the left one leaking fluid into his hip and was subsequently released by the club. He returned to the United States and signed with Kansas City Knights of the American Basketball Association.[5] In February 2005, he signed with Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.[6] He appeared in six regular season games, averaging 17.0 points and 4.0 assist per game.[7] In the playoffs, Grindavík lost in the first round against eventual champions Keflavík in three games where Boschee averaged a team high 22.3 points and 3.3 assists per game.[8]

Coaching career

Boschee is a former assistant coach at Blue Valley Northwest High School located in Overland Park, Kansas. He was the head boys' basketball coach at The Barstow School in Kansas City, Missouri. Barstow concluded its 2007–08 season with a 20–5 record, the third-best mark in school history. In his second season as Barstow's varsity coach, Boschee's team finished with a 22–4 record. Boschee's third Barstow team completed the 2009–10 season with a 22–5 mark.

On May 13, 2010, it was announced[2][9] that Boschee has joined the coaching staff of Div. II Missouri Southern State University, in Joplin, Missouri.

On March 29, 2014, it was announced that Boschee was promoted to head coach at Missouri Southern from assistant coach.[1]

On March 9, 2022, Boschee was announced as the 16th head coach at Pittsburg State, also in the MIAA.[10]

Statistics

1999–2000

1999–2000 Season totals

Season totals
Month MIN FGM FGA 3FM 3FA FTM FTA OR DR TR AST F STL TO BLK PTS
November 76 17 24 11 14 2 2 1 2 3 13 9 4 7 0 47
December 198 28 57 21 40 13 16 2 10 12 32 19 9 14 0 90
January 193 21 64 15 46 5 7 2 9 11 20 17 11 20 17 11
February 263 28 89 21 63 16 20 3 17 20 24 23 8 16 0 93
March 152 16 44 13 32 2 2 6 5 11 11 10 5 5 0 47
Season 882 110 278 81 195 38 47 14 43 57 100 78 37 55 2 339

Season averages

1999–2000 Season averages
Month MIN FGM FGA 3FM 3FA FTM FTA OR DR TR AST F STL TO BLK PTS
Season 25.9 3.2 8.2 2.4 5.7 1.1 1.4 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.9 2.3 1.1 1.6 0.1 10.0[11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Missouri Southern (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2014–present)
2014–15 Missouri Southern 20–11 12–7 T–3rd
2015–16 Missouri Southern 18–12 14–8 T–2nd
2016–17 Missouri Southern 18–12 11–8 T–4th
2017–18 Missouri Southern 20–10 15–4 2nd
2018–19 Missouri Southern 25–8 14–5 3rd
2019–20 Missouri Southern 23–8 14–5 3rd
2020–21 Missouri Southern 13–10 13–9
2021–22 Missouri Southern 14–15 11–11
Missouri Southern: 151–86 (.637) 104–57 (.646)
Total: 151–86 (.637)

      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

References

  1. ^ a b Bedore, Gary. Jeff Boschee settles in as college head coach, Lawrence Journal-World, March 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Lions add Boschee to Coaching Staff". Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  3. ^ "Jeff Boschee Academy". Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2006.
  4. ^ Clemente's 44 tie Big 12 mark as K-State drops No. 12 Texas
  5. ^ a b Frank Tankard (May 17, 2005). "Boschee on the rebound". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Ný byssa í Grindavík". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). February 10, 2005. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Intersport-deildin – UMFG: 2004–2005". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "Intersport-deild úrslitakeppni – UMFG: 2005". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "Men's basketball adds former Kansas star Jeff Boschee as new assistant coach". Retrieved May 18, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Pitt State Tabs Boschee as Men's Basketball Coach". Pittsburg State Gorillas. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "1999–2000 season". Archived from the original on October 27, 2002. Retrieved August 14, 2006.