Jim Boeheim is an American college basketball coach for the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Syracuse Orange men’s team. In his coaching, the Orange led to amassing five Big East Tournament championships as well as 34 NCAA Tournaments. Additionally, he served as an assistant coach for USA Men’s National Basketball at the FIBA ​​World Championship (1990, 2006-10) and Summer Olympics (2008, -12, -16). Additionally, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2005.

Additionally, the basketball coach also faced a lawsuit from the victim’s family after his involvement in February 2019. The incident follows a car accident that occurred in freezing conditions on February nights and struck and killed a man who was standing near the guardrail. However, he cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident. Apart from that, he founded the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation in 2001 after suffering from cancer with his wife. Juli Boeheim .

JIM BOEHEIM: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The college basketball coach was born on November 17, 1944, which makes him around 76 years old. He was born to the athlete’s parents: father Jim Boeheim Sr. and mother Janet, a golfer in Lyons, New York. He has an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.

Regarding his education, he attended Lyons Central High School. After graduating from school, he enrolled at Syracuse University in 1962. From there, he earned a bachelor’s degree in social science and joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. While in college, he was the captain of the varsity team in his senior years. After graduating, he played professionally with the Scranton Miners of the Eastern Professional Basketball League.

JIM BOEHEIM: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

He started his career as a basketball coach in 1969 and was hired as an assistant under Roy Danforth at Syracuse. Subsequently, he was promoted to full-time assistant coach and also helped guide the Orange to the 1975 NCAA Tournament. Then, in 1976, he was promoted to head coach after Danforth left to join the University of Tulane as head basketball coach and athletic director.

Additionally, he has spent most of his career at Syracuse as a student, assistant coach, or head coach. He was also named Big East Coach of the Year four times. For the first time in his career, he was expelled after contesting a late game appeal against Division II school Saint Rose in 2005. Following this, he was expelled from Cameroon Indoor Stadium in 2014 after contesting a player control foul against Duc.

He also continued to coach the United States national teams. After years, he returned as an assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. In April 2018, he announced his retirement but he extended his contract until the 2017-18 season following his son’s commitment to play at Syracuse in 2018.

JIM BOEHEIM: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Moving on to his personal life, he married twice and divorced once. He first married his ex Elaine Boeheim in 1976. However, their relationship did not last long and separated in 1993 and filed for divorce the same year. In 1994, they officially divorced and went their own way. Together they never produced their biological child but adopted a daughter named Elizabeth Boeheim.

The same year when he separated from his first wife, he met his future second wife Julie at a Derby Day party in Lexington, Kentucky. After three years in 1997, he and Juli got married, 20 years younger than him. Moreover, they themselves produced three children residing in a luxurious mansion. Her children are eldest Jimmy and twins Jackson and Jamie. Moreover, his eldest son also played basketball for Cornell University and is now transferring to ITHACA in New York. His younger brother plays as a junior guard at Syracuse.

JIM BOEHEIM: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Speaking of his income, he had made a huge fortune from his career. He has a net worth of $16 million from his head coaching career. Additionally, he has an annual salary of $2.5 million and a bonus of around $50,000. Additionally, he purchased a few properties, including his home in Fayetteville, New York, worth over a million dollars.

He has a personal and verified @therealboeheim Twitter account with 99.4k followers. On Facebook, he has an unverified fan account with over 7.3k followers.

JIM BOEHEIM: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The retired coach has a well groomed and healthy body which stands at 6 feet 3 inches or 1.90 meters. Other than that, there is no information about his measurements as well as his body weight. He has black eye color with silver gray hair color.