| Jeff Choate | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Nevada |
| Current Conference: | Mountain West |
| Current Record: | 3–10 |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Montana Western (B.S., 1993) |
| Player Years1: | 1988–1991 |
| Player Team1: | Montana Western |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1992–1993 |
| Coach Team1: | Montana Western (LB) |
| Coach Years2: | 1994–1995 |
| Coach Team2: | Challis HS (ID) |
| Coach Years3: | 1996 |
| Coach Team3: | Twin Falls HS (ID) (DC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1997–2001 |
| Coach Team4: | Post Falls HS (ID) |
| Coach Years5: | 2002 |
| Coach Team5: | Utah State (GA) |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team6: | Utah State (S/ST) |
| Coach Years7: | 2005 |
| Coach Team7: | Eastern Illinois (ST) |
| Coach Years8: | 2006–2008 |
| Coach Team8: | Boise State (RB/ST) |
| Coach Years9: | 2009–2011 |
| Coach Team9: | Boise State (LB/ST) |
| Coach Years10: | 2012 |
| Coach Team10: | Washington State (LB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2013 |
| Coach Team12: | Florida (LB/ST) |
| Coach Years13: | 2014–2015 |
| Coach Team13: | Washington (DL/ST) |
| Coach Years14: | 2016–2020 |
| Coach Team14: | Montana State |
| Coach Years15: | 2021–2023 |
| Coach Team15: | Texas (co-DC/ILB) |
| Coach Years16: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team16: | Nevada |
| Overall Record: | 31–32 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 3–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Jeff Choate (born July 15, 1970) is an American college football coach. He is the head coach at the University of Nevada, Reno. Choate served as the head football coach at Montana State University from 2016 to 2019.[1]
Choate graduated from St. Maries High School in 1988, and played college football at the University of Montana Western as linebacker from 1988 until 1991. While pursuing a bachelor's degree in secondary education, he became the Bulldogs' linebackers coach.
On December 4, 2015, Montana State University announced Choate as their head football coach beginning in the 2016 season.[2] [3]
On December 4, 2023, he was named as the head coach at Nevada.[4]
Choate and his wife, Janet, have two children.