Jim Boone: Year-by-Year
Career Highlights
Coach Jim Boone has served 39 years as a successful collegiate head coach; Boone has achieved 619 wins at the NCAA Division I, II, and III Levels. Coach Boone is ranked in the Top 5 Active Winningest Coaches at the NCAA Division II (2023) level, and listed in the Top 2% of All Active NCAA Coaches in wins. He has led his teams to 2 NCAA Division II Final Fours, 6 Sweet-sixteens, and an NCAA Division II Final Regular Season ranking of Number One Team in the Nation, and Boone has taken an unprecedented four different NCAA Division II schools to the NCAA Tournament.
Coaching
Experience
1982-83 West Virginia State University, Part-Time Assistant Coach
1983-85 West Virginia State University, Assistant Coach
1985-86 Charleston Southern University, Assistant Coach
1986-96 California University of Pennsylvania, Head Coach
1996-00 Robert Morris University, Head Coach
2000-05 Eastern Michigan University, Head Coach
2005-11 Tusculum College, Head Coach
2011-12 West Virginia Wesleyan College, Head Coach
2012-19 Delta State University, Head Coach
2019-23 University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Head Coach
2023-25 Greensboro College, Head Coach
2025- Missouri Valley College, Head Coach
Playing
Experience
1977-81 West Virginia State University
Personal
Education West Virginia State University (1981) BS Accounting
University of Kentucky (1982) MBA Marketing
Family Wife – Stephanie Boone
Children – Jimmy married to Kiara, granddaughter, Charlee Mae
and Joey married to Amber
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT COACH JIM BOONE:
“Jim Boone is an outstanding person and coach. You will be very fortunate to have Coach Boone lead your program. Jim is someone of courage, ability and a tremendous leader.”
– Mike Krzyzewski, HOF Coach and retired Head Coach Duke University
“When I think of great teachers of the game, Jim Boone is second to none. Coach Boone is an elite defensive tactician. His players both love and respect him because he combines accountability with a pat on the back. Jim Boone gets it!
– Mark Adams, ESPN Basketball Color Analyst
“Jim Boone is great, a great coach….he is as good a tactician as their is in the country….class guys play for Jim Boone.”
– Dan Dakich, ESPN College Basketball Analyst
“Coach Jim Boone is one of the finest teachers and coaches that I have ever met. He develops great relationships with his players and staff. Coach Boone is very innovative in his defensive and offensive philosophies. Jim Boone is truly a gem in the coaching profession.”
– Don Showalter, USA Basketball 10x Gold Medalist Coach, Junior National Team
“Basketball, as it is taught by Coach Boone, is a formula for success. Jim Boone does not just teach basketball, he teaches life lessons. He has developed a philosophy that exceeds the boundaries of offense and defense. Jim’s programs have been yearly one of the nation’s most successful on any level, and the primary reason, is because he brings an overriding purpose to everything he does. ‘Commitment to Excellence,’ is the credo that Jim has used to oversee the values and principles that govern his teams.”
– Dale Brown, HOF Coach and retired Head Coach Louisiana State University
“Coach Boone’s knowledge of Motion Offense and his Pack Line Defense, coupled with his ability to teach it effectively is unparalleled. His teams are always fundamentally sound, extremely well coached and very, very good offensively and defensively. But even more importantly, Jim Boone is a man of integrity and I am proud to call him a friend.”
– Don Meyer, HOF Coach and retired Head Coach Northern State University
“No one, and I mean no one else does a better job of preparation, putting together a game plan, and then executing it than Coach Boone does with his teams. They were always the most prepared team we faced.”
– Tim Buckley, Former Head Coach Ball State University, current assistant coach, Cincinnati
“I have known Coach Jim Boone for over 30 years. Not only is Jim a man of great character and integrity, his is one of the best basketball coaches in the country. No one, and I mean no one, teaches the game as effectively as Coach Boone. His teams are always disciplined, tough, and very good offensively and defensively. Jim Boone is one of our professions very best!”
– Ed Conroy, Head Basketball Coach, The Citadel
