Jim Boone (born November 15, 1958)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Greensboro Pride
Current conference: USA South Conference (Div III)
Teams coached: California (PA) Vulcans, Robert Morris Colonials, Eastern Michigan Eagles, Tusculum Pioneers, West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats, Delta State Statesmen, Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions, Greensboro Pride
California (PA) record^: 227-71 (.762)
Robert Morris record: 45-66 (.405)
Eastern Michigan record: 48-96 (.333)
Tusculum record^: 88-86 (.506)
West Virginia Wesleyan record^: 22-8-1 (.726)
Delta State record^: 128-85 (.601)
Arkansas-Fort Smith record: 44-56 (.440)
Greensboro record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record^: 602-468-1 (.563)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- USA South (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 0
- Gulf South (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2014)
- PSAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 6 (1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996)
- USA South (Div III) Tournament Champion: 0
- Gulf South (Div II) Tournament Champion: 1 (2019)
- PSAC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 4 (1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (1992)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 11 (1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019)
Awards:
- Gulf South (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
- PSAC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 2 (1992, 1996)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Greensboro |
| 2019-2023 | Arkansas-Fort Smith |
| 2012-2019 | Delta State |
| 2011-2012 | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 2005-2011 | Tusculum |
| 2000-2005 | Eastern Michigan |
| 1996-2000 | Robert Morris |
| 1986-1996 | California (PA) |
| 1985-1986 | Charleston Southern (asst) |
| 1982-1985 | West Virginia State College (asst) |
Jim Boone Facts
- Jim Boone
- Born November 15, 1958
- Hometown: Winfield, West Virginia
- Alma Mater: West Virginia State College (BS, 1981) / University of Kentucky (MBA, 1982)
- The WV-native played for four years at West Virginia State College and then got his coaching career started as an assistant there
- Spent one season as an assistant under Tommy Gaither at D-I Charleston Southern before becoming a head coach in 1986
- Served as the head coach at California (PA) for ten years, leading the Vulcans to an overall record of 226-70
- Reached the Division II NCAA Tournament six times, highlighted by a trip to the Final Four in 1992
- Won six PSAC West titles and claimed four PSAC Tournament championships during his tenure
- Highest winning percentage in program history; inducted into the California (PA) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005
- Returned to the D-I ranks in 1996 as the new head coach at Robert Morris, leading the Colonials for four seasons
- Rebuilt the program from single-digit wins to a 18-12 record in his fourth year with a trip to the NEC Tournament title game
- Left for Eastern Michigan in 2000, going 48-96 in the next five seasons as the Eagles’ head coach
- Unable to achieve the same levels of success at previous jobs and was fired in 2005 without any winning seasons
- Moved back to D-II as the head coach at Tusculum University (TN), going 88-86 in six seasons at the helm
- Reached the D-II NCAA Tournament in 2009, the first of back-to-back winning records
- Spent one year at West Virginia Wesleyan, going 22-9 and leading the program to its’ first-ever D-II NCAA Tournament
- Hired at D-II Delta State in 2012, leading the Statesmen for the next seven seasons and going 128-85 overall
- Reached the D-II NCAA Tournament with his fourth different program in 2014 and returned twice more (2017 and 2019)
- Won the Gulf South title in 2014 and Gulf South Tournament in 2019; named conference COY in 2018
- Left Delta State to become the head coach at D-II Arkansas-Fort Smith in 2019
- Went 44-56 over four seasons; Boone stepped down from his position in February 2023
- In April 2023, Boone was announced as the new head coach at D-III Greensboro College (NC)
Jim Boone Coaching Tree
- Dave Pilipovich (Air Force)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
