Jim Boylen

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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 will be his first head coaching position after spending over a decade as an assistant at both the NBA and NCAA levels. He replaces 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.

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.

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] Head Coaching Record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Tournament	Finish	Rank^#
Utah Utes (Mountain West Conference) (2007-Present)
2007-08	Utah
At Utah		0-0
Career		0-0
National Championship Conference Tournament Championship
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

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