Jim Boeheim
Jim Boeheim
James Arthur "Jim" Boeheimis the head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. Boeheim has guided the Orange to nine Big East regular season championships, five Big East Tournament championships, and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three appearances in the national title game. In those games, the Orange lost to Indiana in 1987, on a last-second jump shot by Keith Smart, and to Kentucky in 1996, before defeating Kansas in 2003 with All-American Carmelo Anthony...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 November 1944
CityLyons, NY
He's won more games with last-second shots, free throws and play-making than any player we've ever had. It's not even close.
He's the kind of player that everybody likes because he goes out, plays and gives it everything he's got every game. I think that's what people admire and respect about him.
Gerry wouldn't let it get away. He was playing on about half-a-leg today. He amazes me every time I see him play. He's got more guts than anybody I've ever coached.
Gerry went out, we were down five. He never came back. When you lose your best player without any practice time or anything, that's a huge mountain to overcome.
Gerry was able to get in the lane and the big guys reacted better, I think, than they have. They got open a little bit better.
Gerry's got a pretty badly bruised thigh, but I think this rest will be good and he'll be able to come back next week.
Gerry has a pretty badly bruised thigh, but I think the rest will be good and he'll be able to come back next week.
Gerry had as good a four games here as anybody I've ever seen. He just wanted to win.
I'm disappointed at this stage of the year that we're not a better defensive team, and that's why we're in the position we're in.
He amazes me every time I see him play. He has more guts than anybody I've ever coached. As soon as he released it, there was never a doubt. There was nothing but net.
He amazes me every time I see him play.
I don't think we can go into everything that was said in the locker room. We just wanted to come back and be a little more physical on defense and get to their shooters a little bit better. When you're 15 down and you can get a couple quick baskets, it's a 10-point game and you still have 16 minutes to go. It's not so much to overcome really.
He's got a big heart. If he's on your side, you'll never have to worry about having a friend.
I compete just as hard now as when I was younger,