Jeffrey Allen Boschee (; born on December 21, 1979) is an American former

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player and current coach. He currently serves as head coach of the men's team at

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. He was formerly the head coach at

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'', March 30, 2014. Boschee played

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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 ''

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'' All-American, ''

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'' Top 25 selection, and played in the

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game.

College career

Boschee was a four-year starter at

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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

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NCAA Final Four. He was voted freshman of the year, and was named 3rd Team All-

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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

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's A. J. Abrams.

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

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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. In August 2004, he signed with

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. 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

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. In February 2005, he signed with

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of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. He appeared in six regular season games, averaging 17.0 points and 4.0 assist per game. In the playoffs, Grindavík lost in the first round against eventual champions

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in three games where Boschee averaged a team high 22.3 points and 3.3 assists per game.

Coaching career

Boschee is a former assistant coach at Blue Valley Northwest High School located in

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. 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 that Boschee has joined the coaching staff of Div. II

, in Joplin,

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. On March 29, 2014, it was announced that Boschee was promoted to head coach at Missouri Southern from assistant coach. On March 9, 2022, Boschee was announced as the 16th head coach at Pittsburg State, also in the MIAA.

Statistics

1999–2000

1999–2000 Season totals Season averages

Head coaching record

References

External links

College statistics
at sports-reference.com *

at nba.com
RealGM Profile
at realgm.com
Úrvalsdeild statistics
at kki.is {{DEFAULTSORT:Boschee, Jeff 1979 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from North Dakota American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Iceland Basketball players from North Dakota College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Grindavík (men's basketball) players Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Kansas City Knights players McDonald's High School All-Americans Missouri Southern Lions men's basketball coaches Panellinios B.C. players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) People from Valley City, North Dakota Pittsburg State Gorillas men's basketball coaches Point guards Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Valley City High School alumni