| Joseph "Jeff" Carlin | |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1905 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1921–1924 |
| Player Team2: | Washington & Jefferson |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1930–1945 |
| Coach Team2: | Case Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1945 |
| Coach Team3: | Case Tech |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1930–1946 |
| Coach Team6: | Case Tech |
| Coach Years7: | 1944–1946 |
| Coach Team7: | Cleveland Allmen Transfers |
| Overall Record: | 83–126 (college basketball) 17–48 (professional basketball) 0–4 (college football) |
Joseph Jefferson "Jeff" Carlin (June 5, 1905 – April 14, 1957) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
Carlin attended high school at Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst, New York, where he was a star baseball, basketball, and football athlete.[1] Collegiately, he played baseball, basketball, and football at Washington & Jefferson College, playing in the 1922 Rose Bowl. He declined an offer from the New York Giants professional baseball team to coach college basketball.[2]
Carlin was a long time basketball coach at Case Tech in Cleveland, Ohio from 1930 to 1946. He was also a head college coach football for four games in 1945.[3]
From 1944 to 1946, he was the head basketball coach of the NBL's Cleveland Allmen Transfers and star player Mel Riebe.