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Jeff Battle
Current position
TitleAssociate Head Coach
TeamGeorgetown
ConferenceBig East
Biographical details
Born (1961-10-26) October 26, 1961 (age 64)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationMarshall University
Playing career
1981–1985Marshall
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986Marshall (GA)
1986–1988Delaware (GA)
1988–1990Caesar Rodney HS
1990–1993Delaware State (assistant)
1993–1994Loyola (MD) (assistant)
1995–2001Xavier (assistant)
2001–2014Wake Forest (AHC)
2015–2021Providence (assistant)
2021–2023Providence (AHC)
2023–presentGeorgetown (AHC)
Head coaching record
Overall1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
A STEP UP Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame[1]

Jeff Battle (born October 26, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the associate head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team. He formerly was an assistant coach at Providence, Wake Forest, Xavier, Loyola Maryland, Delaware State, Delaware, and Marshall.

Early years

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Battle grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended and played basketball at Murrell Dobbins Career and Technical Education High School.[2]

He did not receive any scholarships to play Division I college basketball, but was given the opportunity to be a walk-on at Marshall University. Battle ultimately became the starting point guard for the Thundering Herd, and helped lead the team to consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament.[3]

Coaching career

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Assistant to Skip Prosser (1993–2007)

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After his playing career at Marshall, Battle served as graduate assistant at multiple schools, as well as the head coach of Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware before accepting an offer to be an assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland under Skip Prosser.[4] Battle worked as an assistant to Prosser for the next fourteen seasons, including stints at Loyola, Xavier, and Wake Forest. Battle was considered as a potential candidate to replace Prosser as the head coach at Wake Forest after Prosser's death in 2007.[4]

Wake Forest post–Prosser (2007–2015)

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Battle was retained as an assistant by the next two head coaches at Wake Forest after Prosser's death. He ultimately left the program after head coach Jeff Bzdelik was fired in 2015.[5]

Assistant to Ed Cooley (2015–present)

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Providence

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During his tenure at Wake Forest, Battle became close with then-Boston College assistant Ed Cooley. In 2015, after Battle's departure from Wake Forest, Cooley hired him to be an assistant on his staff at Providence.[6]

Georgetown

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Cooley left Providence to take the head coaching position at Georgetown in 2023.[7] The rest of the assistant coaching staff ultimately came with him, with Battle being named Associate Head Coach.[8]

During Cooley's one-game suspension in 2025, Battle coached the Hoyas to a victory against Coppin State.[9]

Head coaching record

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Georgetown Hoyas (Big East Conference) (2025)
2025–26 Georgetown 1–00–0
Georgetown: 1–0 (1.000)0–0 (–)
Total:1–0 (1.000)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

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Battle met his wife, Joyce, in the early 1990's when the two were both assistant basketball coaches at Delaware State University. Together they had one son, named Jordan, before Joyce's death from leiomyosarcoma in 2008.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Jeff Battle Named to the STEP UP Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame". friars.com. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  2. ↑ Red, Christian (March 17, 2022). "Providence Has Developed a Recruiting Pipeline in Philly Highlighted by Ed Croswell and Jared Bynum". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Former Marshall Guard Has March Madness in Perspective". wvmetronews.com. March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  4. 1 2 McCreary, Joedy (August 7, 2007). "Wake Forest to Name Prosser's Replacement". blueridgenow.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  5. ↑ Strelow, Bret (May 9, 2015). "ACC Basketball: Former Wake Assistant Jeff Battle, Who Has Fayetteville Ties, Joins Providence's Staff". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  6. 1 2 McNamara, Kevin (November 25, 2015). "Battle's Dream Job at Providence Offers Him a New Beginning". The Providence Journal. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Georgetown hires Providence coach Ed Cooley to replace Patrick Ewing".
  8. ↑ Whipple (August 18, 2023). "STAFF MEETING: Cooley's Coaches Listed on Georgetown Roster Page". casualhoya.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  9. ↑ Seidenstein, Nate (December 23, 2025). "Without Cooley, Hoyas Battle Past Coppin State". The Hoya. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
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