Missouri Southern State University Athletics

Jeff Boschee is in his eighth season as the head coach of the Missouri Southern basketball program after serving four seasons as an assistant and associate head coach. He was named the head coach of the Lions on July 1, 2014. As a head coach, Boschee is 137-71 in seven seasons. Boschee is the fastest coach to reach 100 wins in MSSU history.

2020-21 saw all of college basketball face limitations on schedule length and differences in travel, safety and other precautions to help limit the spread of Covid-19 as it was still prevalent in the world. Boschee led the Lions to another winning record as Southern went 13-10 in the shortened season and made another trip to the MIAA Basketball Tournament. Cam Martin was a unanimous first-team All-MIAA selection as he was joined on the All-MIAA team with Stan Scott who earned third-team honors. 

Martin ended his three-year career with the Lions and will go down as one of the best players to ever wear the Green and Gold. In just three short years, Martin finished with 2,040 points which is second-most all-time in MSSU school history. Martin was a three-time All-American and All-Region selection and was one of only five active players to have 2,000 points and 800 rebounds at the end of the season. Martin holds the MSSU career records for scoring average (23.7) and free throws attempted (637), while ranking third in career rebounds (803), fourth in field goal percentage (.589) and fifth in blocked shots (103). Martin's 54 points is the second-most points ever scored in an MIAA game and his 2,040 points put him at fifth all-time on the MIAA career scoring list.

The 2019-20 season saw the Lions reach the NCAA Tournament for the third-straight year and became the only program in Southern history to accomplish that feat. The team also won 20 games for the third-straight year, finishing with a record of 23-8 before the season was cut short prematurely. The Lions were ranked in the NABC National Poll from start to finish throughout the season. 

The seniors of 19-20 will go down as one of the most successful classes in MSSU history, having won 86 games (86-38) over their careers. That win number is third-highest over any four-year period in MSSU history following 1999-03 (90) and 2010-14 (87). The class made four-straight MIAA Tournaments and three-straight NCAA Tournaments. Elyjah Clark finished his career with 1,813 points, which sits as the fourth-most ever scored in Southern history. His 365 three pointers are the most ever in Southern history and were just six from breaking the MIAA record. Kinzer Lambert climbed the scoring list, as well, moving to 11th-place with 1,423 career points. 

Cam Martin led a group of three players (Clark and Lambert) that were named All-MIAA, while Braelon Walker was named to the All-Defensive team. Martin became the only Missouri Southern player to ever score 700 points twice in a career and was a first-team All-MIAA and All-Region selection, while also earning All-American honors and a spot on the MIAA All-Tournament Team. Martin moved up to No. 10 in the career-scoring list in Southern history as he has scored 1,466 points in his short two-year career. Martin also broke the MSSU single-game scoring record as he scored 54 points at Missouri Western and was named the MIAA Player of the Week seven times throughout the season. 

In 2018-19, Boschee helped direct the Lions to just the second trip in the program's history to the NCAA Sweet 16 as the Lions advanced to the Championship Game of the NCAA Central Region Tournament. The program went 25-8, made its 21st-straight trip to the MIAA Tournament and broke the single-season record for three-pointers for the third year in a row, hitting 359 long-range bombs to break the previous record of 289 set in 2017-18. The team also broke the record for three-pointers per game, averaging 10.9 and breaking the previous record of 9.4 set in 17-18. Along that same line, the Lions also broke the record of three point attempts, shooting 966 three-pointers, breaking the previous record by 300 attempts. 

Cam Martin was a first-team All-MIAA and All-Region pick, while being named to the Central Region All-Tournament Team. Cam became just the second Lion ever to score more than 700 points in a season as he scored 720, joining Taevaunn Prince in the 700 point club. Elyjah Clark, Kinzer Lambert and Braelon Walker all earned All-MIAA status, while Clark and Lambert both went over 1,000 points in their respective careers. Clark also took over the All-Time three-point record as he now has 290 in his career. 

In 2017-18, Boschee helped the Lions to his second 20-win season, finishing 20-10 with the second-overall seed in the MIAA Tournament, the 20th-straight time the program has qualified for the MIAA Tournament. The Lions qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in the program's history and Boschee was named the MIAA Coach of the Year. 

CJ Carr was a first-team All-MIAA and All-Region selection, while Elyjah Clark earned second-team All-MIAA honors and Kinzer Lambert was an honorable mention pick. Carr was a member of the MIAA All-Defensive Team. Carr led the MIAA in steals and assists, while ranking fifth in scoring and second in minutes. He also ranked 17th nationally in steals and 19th in assists per game. Carr finished his career with 1,111 points and moved up the all-time scoring ladder in MSSU history into 14^th place. His point total is the third-most points scored in MSSU history by a two-year player (Taevaunn Prince, 1,303 – Marvin Townsend, 1,167).

The Lions, as a team, broke the single-season record for threes for the second-straight year with 283 three pointers as well as the single-season record for three-point attempts with 715. The Lions also broke the single-season record for threes per game with 9.4. Elyjah Clark, for the second-straight year, broke the single-season three-point record with 110 three pointers, just eight off the MIAA record for single-season threes. 

In 2016-17, Boschee helped mentor the MIAA's top freshman as Elyjah Clark was named the MIAA Freshman of the Year. CJ Carr was a second-team All-MIAA selection, while Clark, Lawrence Brown and JJ Cratit were named honorable mention All-MIAA. The team finished the season with an 18-12 record, a fourth-place finish in the MIAA regular-season standings and the program's 19th-straight trip to the MIAA Postseason Tournament. 

Clark also set an MSSU single-season record for three pointers with 89 in a season, while the Lions as a team set the school's single-season record for three's with 250. Southern was also the only team during the 2016-17 season to defeat eventual National Champion Northwest Missouri as the Lions defeated the Bearcats 88-71 at home in February.   

Year two saw Boschee help coach the nation's top scorer as Taevaunn Prince led the NCAA in scoring with 26.4 points per game. Prince was a first-team All-MIAA pick, while also earning All-Region and All-American honors. In the process, Prince broke the MSSU single-season record for scoring and free throws made, while also breaking the MSSU single-season scoring average and career marks in that category. His free-throw total also broke an MIAA record. Austin Wright finished his career as the best three point shooter in MSSU history. He had three of the top four single-season three point percentages, as well as holding the career (265) and single-season three-point marks (88). The Lions, once again, finished in the top three of the MIAA, advancing the the MIAA Tournament before bowing out in the semis against Nebraska-Kearney. The Lions finished the season with an 18-12 record. 

In his first season as the head coach, Boschee led the team to a 20-11 record and the second-straight trip to the MIAA Tournament Finale. He also helped mentor sharpshooter Austin Wright as Wright set the single-game (9) and single-season (79) MSSU three-point record. 

Since Boschee has arrived at Southern, the Lions have went 187-87, made nine-consecutive MIAA tournaments and had trips to five of the last nine NCAA Division II postseason tournaments, while claiming the 2010-11 MIAA regular season championship, and the 2013-14 post-season tournament championship. The 2010-11 team set the MIAA record for conference wins in a season with 19.

Under Boschee's leadership, former Lion Skyler Bowlin was the MIAA's Player and Defender of the Year in 2011. He was a first-team All-MIAA, All-Region and All-American selection, being named to three different All-America teams. He was also the Region Player of the Year and a finalist for the National Player of the Year. Bowlin signed a professional contract to play basketball in the German Pro League after completing his eligibility and has since moved on to playing in Denmark.

Boschee spent three years at the Barstow School in Kansas City where in 2010 his team went 22-4. He had multiple players named All-Conference and All-District and helped guide two of his players to college scholarships under his tutelage. 

He was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 1999-2000 and was a third team All-Big 12 pick his senior season. He helped lead the Jayhawks to a Final Four appearance in 2002 and previously held the conference record for three pointers made in a career with 338. He holds the Kansas record for three's made in a career and is second all-time in games started.

After graduating from KU with a Bachelors degree in Sports Management, Boschee played professionally in the USBL, ABA and Europe. Boschee also earned a masters degree from William Woods. 

Boschee prepped at Valley City High School in Valley City, ND where he was a Parade All-American and participated in the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game. He was named to the USA Today Super 25 list of high school players as a senior. He was named North Dakota's Mr. Basketball as a senior. 

He and his wife, the former Jamie Simpson, have two daughters, Mary Rose and Julia Rae.