Jeff Choate (born July 15, 1970) is an American

college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...

coach. He is the head coach at the

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is the state's flagship public university and prim ...

. Choate served as the head football coach at

Montana State University Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It enrolls more students than any other college or university in the state. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's d ...

from 2016 to 2019.

Playing career

Choate graduated from St. Maries High School in 1988, and played

at the University of Montana Western as

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and typically line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and so back up the defensive linemen. They play closer to the line ...

from 1988 until 1991. While pursuing a bachelor's degree in

secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...

, he became the Bulldogs' linebackers coach.

Coaching career

On December 4, 2015,

announced Choate as their head football coach beginning in the

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

season. On December 4, 2023, he was named the head coach at Nevada."Nevada hires Texas co-defensive coordinator Jeff Choate to be next head coach"
''KOLO NewsNow''. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

Personal life

Choate and his wife, Janet, have two children, Jacy and Jory.

Head coaching record

College

References

External links

Texas profile

Montana State profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Choate, Jeff 1970 births Living people American football linebackers Boise State Broncos football coaches Eastern Illinois Panthers football coaches Florida Gators football coaches Montana State Bobcats football coaches Montana Western Bulldogs football coaches Montana Western Bulldogs football players Nevada Wolf Pack football coaches Texas Longhorns football coaches Utah State Aggies football coaches Washington Huskies football coaches Washington State Cougars football coaches High school baseball coaches in the United States High school football coaches in Idaho People from St. Maries, Idaho Coaches of American football from Idaho Players of American football from Idaho Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio