Jim Boylen

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Name = Jim Boylen
Sport = Basketball
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College = Utah
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Years = 1983–1987
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CoachTeams = Michigan State (asst.)
Houston Rockets (asst.)
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Jim Boylen is the current head coach of the University of Utah, a position he accepted on March 26, 2007. The Utah job is his first head coaching position after spending over a decade as an assistant at both the NBA and NCAA levels. He replaced Ray Giacoletti, who was fired from Utah on March 3, 2007. Prior to joining Utah, Boylen spent two years at Michigan State University as the Spartans top assistant under Tom Izzo. During his time in East Lansing, Boylen was considered to be among the top assistant coaches in the NCAA.

Boylen was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1965 and attended the University of Maine, where he was a captain during both his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, he earned First Team All-North Atlantic Conference honors after averaging 21 points per contest. That same year, he finished runner-up in the conference Player of the Year voting to Northeastern’s Reggie Lewis. Boylen earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Maine in 1987.

Coaching History

Boylen began his coaching career as an assistant under legendary Michigan State head coach Jud Heathcote. He would stay there from 1987 to 1992 before accepting a position with the NBA's Houston Rockets. As an assistant coach with the Rockets, Boylen would go on to win two NBA Championships and helped coach both Hakeem Olajuwon and Yao Ming. After his 11 year stint with Houston, Boylen became an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors and then the Milwaukee Bucks. After 13 years of coaching in the NBA, he returned to Michigan State as an assistant with the Spartans, in part because he wanted to tend to his ill father. As Izzo's top assistant, he helped lead Michigan State to a 45-23 record in two years, including two NCAA appearances.

In his first season, Boylen brought more consistence to the Utes, guiding them to their first winning record in two years and their first postseason berth since reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2005. While there were some struggles, including two losses to BYU for the second consecutive year, Utah did manage to beat instate rival Utah State soundly and earned a surprising victory on the road at Cal. The Utes also stunned New Mexico in the first game of the 2008 Mountain West Tournament, all but killing the Lobos chances of gaining an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Boylen's Utes finished his inaugural season with an 18-15 mark, defeating UTEP in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational before losing to eventual champion Tulsa.

Head Coaching Record

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References

[http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/boylen_jim00.html University of Utah bio]