IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1318 

Congratulating Jim Boeheim, head coach of the Syracuse University Orange 

men’s basketball team and a native of Lyons, New York, for receiving 

many coaching awards for the impressive achievements of the Syracuse 

University Orange 2009–2010 men’s basketball team. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2010 

Mr. MAFFEI submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Jim Boeheim, head coach of the Syracuse 

University Orange men’s basketball team and a native 

of Lyons, New York, for receiving many coaching awards 

for the impressive achievements of the Syracuse University Orange 2009–2010 men’s basketball team. 

Whereas Coach Jim Boeheim, a native of Lyons, New York, 

graduated from Lyons Central High School and enrolled 

in Syracuse University in 1962; 

Whereas Coach Boeheim joined the Syracuse University 

men’s basketball team as a player in 1962 not through 

the recruitment process, but through try-outs, serving as 

a team captain during his senior season on the team; 


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•HRES 1318 IH 

Whereas, in 2003, Coach Boeheim led the Syracuse University men’s basketball team to win the National Collegiate 

Athletic Association Division I men’s basketball national 

title; 

Whereas, in 2005, Coach Boeheim was inducted into the 

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; 

Whereas Coach Boeheim led the Syracuse University Orange 

men’s basketball team in completing the 2009–2010 regular season with 28 wins and 3 losses; 

Whereas Coach Boeheim also led the team to achieving many 

accomplishments, including an impressive overall season 

record with 30 wins and 5 losses, winning a Big East 

Conference regular season championship, achieving a national number 1 ranking for the first time since 1991, 

and qualifying as a ‘‘Sweet 16’’ team during the 2010 

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s 

Basketball Tournament; 

Whereas the 2009–2010 season marked the 34th season Jim 

Boeheim served as the head coach of the Syracuse University men’s basketball team; 

Whereas, on November 9, 2009, Coach Boeheim achieved his 

800th career coaching win when the Syracuse University 

men’s basketball team defeated the University at Albany, 

State University of New York men’s basketball team by 

a score of 75 to 43 points; 

Whereas, on March 9, 2010, for the fourth time in his career, 

Coach Boeheim was named the Big East Coach of the 

Year; 

Whereas, on March 23, 2010, Coach Boeheim was named the 

Henry Iba National Coach of the Year by the United 

States Basketball Writers Association; 


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•HRES 1318 IH 

Whereas, on April 4, 2010, Coach Boeheim received the National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the 

Year Award; 

Whereas, on April 6, 2010, Coach Boeheim was named the 

recipient of the Naismith Men’s College Coach of the 

Year Award; 

Whereas Coach Boeheim ranks second among active Division 

I coaches and sixth all-time among Division I coaches in 

victories for achieving 829 regular season wins; 

Whereas Coach Boeheim ranks seventh all-time among Division I coaches for leading his team to winning 44 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament games; 

and 

Whereas Coach Boeheim has also been named coach of the 

year for the 2009–2010 season by several organizations: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives con2 gratulates Syracuse University men’s basketball Coach 

3 Jim Boeheim on being named the recipient of many coach4 ing accolades for the outstanding achievements of 2009– 

5 2010 Syracuse University Orange men’s basketball team. 

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