Watch our first IMPACT Speaker of the Fall 2024 semester!
Hall of Fame Member Coach Jim Boeheim

He joined us on Sept. 10, 2024 in Lender Auditorium.


Hall of Fame member Jim Boeheim had a remarkable run as head coach at his alma mater, Syracuse University. Boeheim guided the Orange to winning records in 46 of 47 campaigns and pushed Syracuse into the postseason in all but five of his seasons. Syracuse made 35 trips into the NCAA Tournament, including Final Four appearances in 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, and 2016. The Orange won the national championship in 2003. Boeheim retired from coaching after the 2023 season but continues to work for the University.


Boeheim was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. He was honored the following offseason, receiving the John R. Wooden “Legends of Coaching” Award in April. Boeheim and Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun were the 2006 “Spirit of Jimmy V” honorees at the annual V Foundation Gala.


Boeheim enrolled at Syracuse in 1962 and was a walk-on with the basketball team. By Boeheim’s senior season, he was a team captain along with the legendary Dave Bing. The Orange were 22-6 overall that year and earned the program’s second-ever NCAA Tournament berth. In 1969 he turned to a career in coaching and was hired as a graduate assistant at SU by head coach Roy Danforth. In 1976, he was named head coach at his alma mater.


A four-time BIG EAST Coach of the Year, Boeheim has been honored as NABC District II Coach of the Year 10 times and USBWA District II Coach of the Year on four occasions. During the 2000 Final Four, he was presented with the Claire Bee Award in recognition of his contributions to the sport. In the fall of 2000, he received Syracuse University’s Arents Award, the school’s highest alumni honor. On February 24, 2002, the University named the Carrier Dome court “Jim Boeheim Court.” Boeheim joined a select group of coaches working the sidelines of a court named after them.


A long-time participant in the USA Basketball program, Boeheim was named 2001 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year. He has served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic teams that won gold medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and the World Cup in 2010 and 2014.


A champion of many charitable causes, Boeheim and his wife started the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation with the goal of enriching the lives of kids in need within the Central New York Community, as well as providing support for eliminating cancer through research and advocacy. Among the Boeheim Foundation initiatives have been the “Basket Ball,” an annual black-tie event; Courts 4 Kids, which funded the refurbishment and built basketball courts in the area; The Hoops For Hope Dinner benefitting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse; and, the Ms. Orange Fan Luncheon which raised funds for the Make A Wish Foundation.


In the spring of 2016, Boeheim was presented with the Circle of Honor Award by the American Cancer. He received the 2019 Court of Honor Award from the NABC Foundation.