Jim Boheim replaced as Syracuse head coach after 47 seasons

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The Jim Boheim era at Syracuse University is coming to an end after 47 seasons.

The longtime head coach of the men’s basketball team will not be returning next season, the university announced Wednesday shortly after Syracuse lost 77-74 to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament. This was the last time Beheim coached Syracuse at the court that bears his name.

Boeheim, 78, is 1,015-441 with the Syracuse, not counting the 101 wins that the NCAA voided for rule violations. He has the second most Division I wins behind Duke’s Mike Kryzyszewski, who retired with 1,202 wins.

The Oranges played 35 games in the NCAA Tournament under Beheim, reached the Final Four five times, and won the national championship in 2003.

Boheim, who also won three gold medals as an assistant coach for the US Olympic team, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.

“I have no doubt that without Jim Boheim, the Syracuse Basketball program would not be as powerful as it is today,” said Kent Siverud, chancellor of Syracuse University. “Jim has invested and dedicated much of his life to building this program, nurturing generations of student-athletes, and proudly presents his alma mater with distinction. I express my deep appreciation and gratitude to an alumnus who embodies what it means to be.” Forever orange.

Boheim will be replaced by Syracuse assistant coach Adrian Autry, who began working as an assistant coach for Boheim in 2011.

“I spent most of my time playing basketball learning from Jim and I am so grateful to him for preparing me to continue the Orange Basketball winning tradition,” said Autry, who played for Boeheim from 1990 to 1994. It’s hard to imagine a world without him on the bench, but together with our coaches, student athletes and fans, we will develop decades of success as a winning program.”

Boheim was invited to the Syracuse basketball team in 1962. He received a scholarship the following year and continued to play for the team until 1966. In 1972, he became the team’s full-time assistant coach and took over as head. coach in 1976

Speaking to reporters after losing to Syracuse on Wednesday, Boheim shied away from retiring and said his return to Syracuse was up to the university.

“Like I said from the very first day I started working here, the university hired me and it’s their choice what they want to do,” Boheim said. “I always have the choice to retire, but it is their decision whether I am a coach or not. It’s always been that way.”