Jyrki Ahola (born 29 November 1971) is a Finnish football coach. He is currently working as a scout for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. Ahola has obtained a UEFA Pro -coaching license.

Ahola started his coaching career in his hometown club Riihimäen Palloseura (RiPS) in 1987.

In 2001, he joined HJK Helsinki organisation.

He has worked as a coaching director of Kuusysi in 2017, and as an assistant coach for Mikko Mannila in HJK Klubi 04 in 2018–2019.^[1]

Ahola was named the manager of AC Oulu in late 2019 on a two-year deal with a one-year option,^[2] starting in the 2020 Ykkönen season in Finnish second-tier.^[3] He managed the club to win the Ykkönen title and earn a promotion to Veikkausliiga. The next season in the top-tier was difficult for the team and eventually he was dismissed in September 2021.^[4]

Later in the same year, he returned to his hometown Riihimäki and was named the coaching director and the first team head coach of his former club RiPS in the fourth-tier Kolmonen.^[5][6] In the early 2022, while coaching a training session for the team, Ahola suffered a life-threatening heart attack, and survived the incident after a 48-minute-long resuscitation.^[7]

He was named the head coach of Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) for the 2023 Ykkönen season,^[8] winning a pre-season league cup, Ykköscup, title. However, he was forced to leave the club in the late May, for personal health reasons.^[9]

Since November 2023, Ahola has worked in the scouting team of Veikkausliiga club Ilves.^[10]

On 22 January 2025, Ahola joined the scouting team of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.^[11]

As of 28 May 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
AC Oulu		1 January 2020	25 September 2021	52	24	10	18	70	60	+10	046.15
RiPS		1 January 2022	31 December 2022	15	4	2	9	25	36	−11	026.67
JäPS		1 January 2023	28 May 2023	15	10	0	5	34	22	+12	066.67
Total				82	38	12	32	129	118	+11	046.34

AC Oulu

• Ykkönen: 2020

JäPS

• Ykköscup: 2023

• Jyrki Ahola at Soccerway