Jeff Boals (born September 5, 1972) is the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team.

Boals spent seven years as an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team under the tutelage of Thad Matta.

Boals returned to Charleston as the associate head coach, for one season before jumping back to the Division I ranks with Robert Morris, then to Akron.

[7] On April 8, 2016, Boals was named the 11th head coach in Stony Brook men's basketball history, and its third since moving to Division I.

On March 17, 2019, Boals resigned from Stony Brook to accept a head coaching position at his alma mater, Ohio University.

[13][14] The Bobcats were led in the tournament by their point guard Jason Preston who declared for the NBA draft where he was the 33rd pick and acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers[15][16] His 2021–22 team opened with a school best 19-3 record but struggled down the stretch to finish 25–10.

Conference tournament champion *Boals left for Ohio prior to the 2019 CBI and did not coach in the Seawolves' games.