{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jeff Boschee | image = Jeff Boschee.jpg | position = Head coach | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 218 | team = Pittsburg State Gorillas | league = The MIAA | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|21}} | birth_place = Valley City, North Dakota, U.S. | high_school = Valley City<br />(Valley City, North Dakota) | college = Kansas (1998–2002) | draft_year = 2002 | career_start = 2003 | career_end = 2005 | career_number = | career_position = Point guard | years1 = 2003–2004 | team1 = Kansas Cagerz | years2 = 2004 | team2 = Panellinios B.C. | years4 = 2004–2005 | team4 = Kansas City Knights | years5 = 2005 | team5 = Grindavík | cyears1 = 2010–2014 | cteam1 = Missouri Southern (assistant) | cyears2 = 2014–2022 | cteam2 = Missouri Southern | cyears3 = 2022–present | cteam3 = Pittsburg State | highlights = '''As player:''' * Big 12 tournament MVP (1999) * McDonald's All-American (1998) * Third-team ''Parade'' All-American (1998) *North Dakota Mr. Basketball (1998) '''As coach:''' *MIAA Coach of the Year (2018)
}} '''Jeffrey Allen Boschee''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|ʃ|iː}}; 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.<ref name="BedoreLJW03302014">Bedore, Gary. [http://www2.kusports.com/news/2014/mar/30/jeff-boschee-settles-college-head-coach/?mens_basketball Jeff Boschee settles in as college head coach], ''Lawrence Journal-World'', March 30, 2014.</ref><ref name="thechartonline.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thechartonline.com/lions-add-boschee-to-coaching-staff-1.1480039 |title=Lions add Boschee to Coaching Staff |accessdate=May 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614111024/http://www.thechartonline.com/lions-add-boschee-to-coaching-staff-1.1480039 |archivedate=June 14, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jboscheeacademy.com/coaches.htm|title=Jeff Boschee Academy |accessdate=August 14, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615032735/http://jboscheeacademy.com/coaches.htm |archivedate=June 15, 2006}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090201165005/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290310251 Clemente's 44 tie Big 12 mark as K-State drops No. 12 Texas]</ref>
===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.<ref name="kansas-2005-05-17"/>
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.<ref name="kansas-2005-05-17">{{cite news |author1=Frank Tankard |title=Boschee on the rebound |url=https://www.kansan.com/news/boschee-on-the-rebound/article_dc13db24-31a1-5ea9-b4f7-c8bbe10e3182.html |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=The University Daily Kansan |date=17 May 2005}}</ref> In February 2005, he signed with Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ný byssa í Grindavík|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5505347|accessdate=September 11, 2017 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir|date=February 10, 2005|language=Icelandic}}</ref> He appeared in six regular season games, averaging 17.0 points and 4.0 assist per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intersport-deildin – UMFG: 2004–2005 |url=http://gamli.kki.is/mot/1500002020_UMFG________.htm |website=kki.is |publisher=Icelandic Basketball Association |access-date=29 April 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intersport-deild úrslitakeppni – UMFG: 2005 |url=http://gamli.kki.is/mot/1500002175_UMFG________.htm |website=kki.is |publisher=Icelandic Basketball Association|access-date=29 April 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>
==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<ref name="thechartonline.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mssulions.com/sports/mbkb/2009-10/releases/20100514zpslb79 |title=Men's basketball adds former Kansas star Jeff Boschee as new assistant coach |accessdate=May 18, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> 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.<ref name="BedoreLJW03302014"/>
On March 9, 2022, Boschee was announced as the 16th head coach at Pittsburg State, also in the MIAA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pitt State Tabs Boschee as Men’s Basketball Coach|url=https://pittstategorillas.com/news/2022/3/9/mens-basketball-pitt-state-tabs-boschee-as-mens-basketball-coach.aspx|date=March 9, 2022|publisher=Pittsburg State Gorillas|access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
==Statistics== ===1999–2000===
'''1999–2000 Season totals'''
{| class="wikitable" |+ Season totals <!-- if required --> ! 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'''
{| class="wikitable" |+ 1999–2000 Season averages <!-- if required --> ! 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/u/basketball/college/players/gamelogs/176273_1999_gamelog.htm |title=1999–2000 season |accessdate=August 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021027020752/http://www.sportsline.com/u/basketball/college/players/gamelogs/176273_1999_gamelog.htm |archivedate=October 27, 2002 }}</ref> |}
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start |type=coach |conference= |postseason= |poll=no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Missouri Southern |startyear=2014 |conference=Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association |endyear= 2022 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2014–15 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 20–11 | conference = 12–7 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2015–16 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 18–12 | conference = 14–8 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2016–17 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 18–12 | conference = 11–8 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2017–18 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 20–10 | conference = 15–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2018–19 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 25–8 | conference = 14–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2019–20 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 23–8 | conference = 14–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020–21 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 13–10 | conference = 13–9 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2021–22 | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 14–15 | conference = 11–11 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Missouri Southern | overall = 151–86 ({{Winning percentage|151|86}}) | confrecord = 104–57 ({{Winning percentage|104|57}}) }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Pittsburg State |startyear=2022 |conference=Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association |endyear= }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2022–23 | name = Pittsburg State | overall = 8–20 | conference = 5–17 | confstanding = 13th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = Pittsburg State | overall = 21–11 | conference = 15–7 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = Pittsburg State | overall = 18–12 | conference = 13-6 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Pittsburg State | overall = 47–43 ({{Winning percentage|47|43}}) | confrecord = 33–30 ({{Winning percentage|33|30}}) }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 198–119 ({{Winning percentage|198|119}}) }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-boschee-1.html College statistics] at sports-reference.com *{{Eurobasket.com player|24010}} *[http://www.nba.com/draft2002/profiles/jeff_boschee.html NBA 2002 draft Profile] at nba.com *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jeff-Boschee/Summary/2143 RealGM Profile] at realgm.com *[http://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_ferill_leikmanns.asp?Felaganumer=164987 Úrvalsdeild statistics] at kki.is
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