Pittsburg State University Men's Basketball

Jeff Boschee begins his fourth year as head basketball coach at Pittsburg State in 2025-26. He guided the Gorillas to a 21-11 record and a berth in the NCAA Division II National Tournament after posting a 15-7 mark in MIAA play in 2023-24, with Pitt State reaching the finals of the MIAA Postseason Tournament that season. Prior to accepting the Pitt State position, Boschee served as head coach at MIAA rival Missouri Southern State University the previous eight seasons. He compiled a 151-86 (.637) overall record leading the Lions. He has a 198-129 (.606) career record as a collegiate head coach. Boschee directed MSSU to four 20-win seasons and three consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament between the 2017-18 and the 2019-20 campaigns. He was selected the 2017-18 MIAA Coach of the Year and his 2018-19 squad reached the NCAA Sweet 16 while posting a 25-8 record. Including four seasons as an assistant, MSSU compiled a 237-118 (.668) record during Boschee’s time on the Lions’ staff. Prior to joining the MSSU staff, Boschee spent three years at the Barstow School in Kansas City, where he guided his 2010 team to a 22-4 record. As a collegiate player, Boschee was a four-year starter at the University of Kansas under former KU coach Roy Williams from the 1998-99 to 2001-02 seasons. While at KU he helped the Jayhawks win a Big 12 Conference Championship and a Big 12 Conference Tournament title, and he played in the 2002 NCAA Final Four. Boschee was voted Big 12 Freshman of the Year and he was named third-team All-Big 12 his senior season. He also was selected the 1999 Big 12 Tournament Most Valuable Player. Boschee holds the KU all-time record for 3-point field goals and ranks second all-time in games started. He previously held the Big 12 career record for 3-point field goals with 338. Boschee graduated from KU with a bachelor’s degree in sports management. Following graduation he played professionally in the USBL, ABA and Europe. He also earned a master’s degree from William Woods University. A native of Valley City, N.D., Boschee was a Parade All-American at Valley City High School in 1998 and he participated in the McDonald’s All-American Game. He was named to the USA Today Super 25 list of high school players; and he was named North Dakota’s Mr. Basketball his senior season. Jeff and his wife, the former Jamie Simpson, have two daughters, Mary Rose and Julia Rae.  

Jamahl DePriest begins his fourth year as an assistant coach in the Pittsburg State University men's basketball program in 2025-26. DePriest joined head coach Jeff Boschee from his staff at Missouri Southern State University. DePriest served two stints as an assistant coach at MSSU. He served as the top assistant for the Lions during the 2021-22 season, returning to Joplin, Mo., after a four-year stretch as an assistant at Newman University (2017-18 to 2020-21). DePriest also served as an assistant at MSSU during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons under Boschee.   During his time with Boschee and the Lions, DePriest helped coach an All-American, an MIAA Freshman of the Year and nine all-conference performers. He also helped Newman post a 20-9 record during the 2018-19 campaign; and he coached seven all-conference performers during his four-year tenure.   Prior to his first stint at MSSU, DePriest spent one year as an assistant at NAIA member Langston University. He began his coaching career with two seasons as an assistant at Coffeyville Community College from 2012-13 to 2013-14, helping the Red Ravens compile a 55-12 overall record.   A native of Memphis, Tenn., DePriest earned a bachelor's degree in health science from William Penn University, where he played his final two collegiate seasons. He also played two years at Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa.   Jamahl and his wife, Tylease, have two children:  Zion and Jade.

Bryan Yungeberg is beginning his fourth year in the Pitt State men’s basketball program in 2025-26. He served as a team manager during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, before serving as a graduate assistant at East Central University in Ada, Okla., for the 2023-24 campaign. He returned to campus as a graduate assistant for Coach Boschee’s staff in 2024-25. Yungeberg was elevated to an assistant coach in the spring of 2025.   The Waterville, Kan., native earned a bachelor’s degree in management from PSU in May 2023 and recently completed his master’s degree in sports administration through ECU in May 2025.