Jim Boeheim

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Lyons, NY
High School: 
Central High School
  • Consensus national coach of the year in 2010
  • Coach of NCAA Tournament runner-up in 1987 and 1996 before capturing the 2003 championship
  • Coach of 1981 NIT runner-up and fourth-place finisher in 2002
  • Won five Big East Conference Tournament championships (1981, 1988, 1992, 2005 and 2006)
  • Guided Syracuse to nation's best record among almost 70 independent schools in 1979
  • Syracuse's all-time winningest coach
  • First coach ever to assemble more than 30 20-win seasons
  • Assistant coach at Syracuse under Roy Danforth for seven seasons from 1969-70 through 1975-76
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005
  • Major-college career playing statistics under Fred Lewis (9.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 51.9 FG%, 69.5 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (23: AP/UPI/USA)--1977 (6/9), 1979 (8/10), 1980 (6/6), 1983 (NR/NR/23), 1984 (18/16/18), 1985 (15/15/17), 1986 (9/9/16), 1987 (10/10/3), 1988 (9/9/16), 1989 (7/9/6), 1990 (6/6/10), 1991 (7/8/16), 1992 (21/20/24), 1994 (15/14/14), 1995 (25/21/17), 1996 (15/15/3), 1998 (21/13), 2000 (16/12), 2001 (17/18), 2003 (13/1), 2005 (11/21), 2006 (21/NR), 2009 (13/12), 2010 (4/8) and 2011 (12/18)
  • All-Americans (12): Carmelo Anthony (2003), Roosevelt Bouie (1980), Derrick Coleman (1989 and 1990), Sherman Douglas (1988 and 1989), Wesley Johnson (2010), Lawrence Moten (1995), Billy Owens (1990 and 1991), Rony Seikaly (1988), Etan Thomas (2000), John Wallace (1996), Hakim Warrick (2004 and 2005) and Pearl Washington (1985 and 1986).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1976-77

Syracuse

26-4

NCAA (1-1)

1977-78

Syracuse

22-6

NCAA (0-1)

1978-79

Syracuse

26-4

NCAA (1-1)

1979-80

Syracuse

26-4

5-1

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1980-81

Syracuse

22-12

6-8

6th

Big East

NIT (4-1)

1981-82

Syracuse

16-13

7-7

T-5th

Big East

NIT (1-1)

1982-83

Syracuse

21-10

9-7

5th

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1983-84

Syracuse

23-9

12-4

T-2nd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1984-85

Syracuse

22-9

9-7

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1985-86

Syracuse

26-6

14-2

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1986-87

Syracuse

31-7

12-4

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (5-1)

1987-88

Syracuse

26-9

11-5

2nd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1988-89

Syracuse

30-8

10-6

3rd

Big East

NCAA (3-1)

1989-90

Syracuse

26-7

12-4

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

1990-91

Syracuse

26-6

12-4

1st

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

1991-92

Syracuse

22-10

10-8

T-5th

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1992-93

Syracuse

20-9

10-8

3rd

Big East

Probation

1993-94

Syracuse

23-7

13-5

2nd

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

1994-95

Syracuse

20-10

12-6

3rd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1995-96

Syracuse

29-9

12-6

2nd

Big East 7

NCAA (5-1)

1996-97

Syracuse

19-13

9-9

T-4th

Big East 7

NIT (0-1)

1997-98

Syracuse

26-9

12-6

1st

Big East 7

NCAA (2-1)

1998-99

Syracuse

21-12

10-8

T-4th

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

1999-00

Syracuse

26-6

13-3

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

2000-01

Syracuse

25-9

10-6

T-2nd

Big East (West)

NCAA (1-1)

2001-02

Syracuse

23-13

9-7

T-3rd

Big East (West)

NIT (3-2)

2002-03

Syracuse

30-5

13-3

T-1st

Big East (West)

NCAA (6-0)

2003-04

Syracuse

23-8

11-5

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

2004-05

Syracuse

27-7

11-5

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

2005-06

Syracuse

23-12

7-9

T-9th

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

2006-07

Syracuse

24-11

10-6

T-5th

Big East

NIT (2-1)

2007-08

Syracuse

21-14

9-9

T-8th

Big East

NIT (2-1)

2008-09

Syracuse

28-10

11-7

6th

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

2009-10

Syracuse

30-5

15-3

1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

2010-11

Syracuse

27-8

12-6

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA

2011-12

Syracuse

  • 34-Year Coaching Record: 829-293 (.739) at Syracuse
  • 326-178 (.647) in Big East Conference
  • 45-26 (.634) in Big East Tournament
  • 44-26 (.629) in NCAA Tournament
  • 12-7 (.632) in NIT