Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim achieved a milestone with his 900th win on Monday against Detroit. Beohime is one of 3 coaches to reach this mark, but he is the only coach to do it at one school.
Boeheim has had other offers to go and coach at other schools, and has turned them all down. The Ohio State University basketball program was a school to offer Beohime a job to coach in a differebt conference.
Boeheim has been with the Syracuse Orange for 37 seasons, and has a winning percentage of 74.8. This winning percentage is higher than that of iconic coaches like Jim Calhoun (70.3) Lute Olson (73.6) Pitino (72.9) and Knight (70.9). In his 37 seasons with the Orange, Jim Boeheim has a record of 900-304 and he told ESPN this, "I'm happy I've stayed along long enough to get to this point. I've won 900 games because of the coaches I've had through the years, and the players that have come through this university."
Boeheim joins the likes of two iconic coaches Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight. "These are two of the great coaches of all time." Boeheim also told ESPN this.
All in all this is a great accomplishment for the coach and he will be remembered with two of the great names in college basketball.
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