Jim Boone:
Year-by-Year
Career Highlights
38 years as successful head coach; 617 wins at the NCAA Division I, II and III Levels. Ranked Top 5 Active Winningest Coaches at NCAA Division II (2023) and Top 25 Active NCAA Coaches with over 600 wins. 2 Final Fours, 6 Sweet-sixteens, NCAA D2 Final Regular Season Poll Number One Team in Nation, an unprecedented 4 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- Greensboro 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 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 Head Coach Duke University
“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 Boone has established himself in the coaching community as one of the nation’s premier teachers. I have tremendous respect for Coach Boone. He is an outstanding basketball coach, and his basketball programs are synonymous with excellence.”
– Herb Sendek, Head Coach Santa Clara University
“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.”
– 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