James Arthur (Jim) Boeheim (born November 17, 1944) is an American basketball coach currently serving as the head coach of Syracuse Orange 's men's basketball team at Syracuse University [1] [2] [ 3] , as well as an assistant coach for the US men's basketball team . During his career, Beheim led the Orange nine times to win the regular championship of the Big East conference , to five championship titles of the tournament of the Big East conference, 28 times led the team to the NCAA tournament and three times to the final of the NCAA tournament. In 1987, Indiana lost in the final of the Orange tournament, in Kentucky in 1996 , and in 2003 they became champions of the tournament.
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| Syracuse Orange | |
| Position | Main coach |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | November 17, 1944 ( 74) |
| Place of Birth | Lyons, New York , USA |
| College | Syracuse (1963–1966) |
Behheim also worked as an assistant coach for the US men's basketball team at the 1990 , 2006 and 2010 World Championships , as well as the 2008 , 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] . In addition, Jim was chairman of the men's youth national committee of the US Basketball Federation from 2009 to 2012 and president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches from 2007 to 2008, and later worked there on the board of directors [9] [10] [11] . In September 2005, Beheim was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame . [12] . However, due to violations of the Syracuse basketball program, the NCAA robbed him of 101 championship victories. [13] Jim announced that he would end his coaching career at the end of the 2017/18 season [14] .
In 2001, Behheim was diagnosed with cancer and the trainer and his wife organized the Jim and Julie Behheim Foundation, all of which are used to fight this disease [15] .
Notes
- ↑ SU Athletics Profile . suathletics.com. Date of treatment October 17, 2013.
- ↑ Orange Hoops Profile . orangehoops.org. Date of treatment November 19, 2007.
- ↑ USA Basketball Profile . USA Basketball . Date of treatment November 19, 2007. Archived October 29, 2007.
- ↑ 1990 USA Basketball . USA Basketball (August 8–19, 1990). Date of treatment November 19, 2007. Archived October 14, 2007.
- ↑ 2006 USA Basketball . USA Basketball (August 19 - September 3, 2006). Date of treatment November 19, 2007. Archived October 14, 2007.
- ↑ Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will return as Mike Krzyzewski's USA Basketball assistant coach . Syracuse.com (July 21, 2009). Date of treatment November 9, 2009.
- ↑ Krzyzewski continues as US basketball coach (July 21, 2009). Date of treatment November 9, 2009.
- ↑ Jim Boeheim talks about another gold medal; recruiting, Lebron vs Jordan, and more (podcast) . Syracuse.com (August 19, 2012). Date of appeal September 13, 2012.
- ↑ USA Basketball Announces 2009–12 Committees (inaccessible link) . USA Basketball . Date of treatment March 26, 2009. Archived April 4, 2009.
- ↑ NABC Presidents . National Association of Basketball Coaches. Date of appeal September 13, 2012.
- ↑ 2012–13 NABC Board of Directors . National Association of Basketball Coaches. Date of appeal September 13, 2012.
- ↑ Basketball Hall of Fame Profile . hoophall.com. Date of treatment December 31, 2008. Archived February 12, 2008.
- ↑ Syracuse wins back 1 scholarship per year in NCAA appeal, still must vacate wins . syracuse.com. Date of treatment August 22, 2016.
- ↑ Syracuse's Jim Boeheim to retire in 3 years , accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ Waters, Mike Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim keeps working for cancer breakthrough . syracuse.com (May 20, 2012). Date of treatment March 10, 2015.
Links
- Page on the site of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- OrangeHoops.org with a Boeheims' profile