Jim Boylen
Jim Boylen (born April 18, 1965)
Teams coached: Utah Utes, Chicago Bulls
Utah record: 69-60 (.535)
Overall record^: 69-60 (.535)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2009)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2008)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 1 (2009)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 1 (2009)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-2020 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2015-2018 | Chicago Bulls (assoc. HC) |
| 2013-2015 | San Antonio Spurs (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Indiana Pacers (asst) |
| 2007-2011 | Utah |
| 2005-2007 | Michigan State (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | Milwaukee Bucks (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Golden State Warriors (asst) |
| 1992-2003 | Houston Rockets (asst) |
| 1987-1992 | Michigan State (asst) |
Jim Boylen Facts
- James Francis Boylen
- Born April 18, 1965
- Hometown: East Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Alma Mater: University of Maine (BA, 1987)
- Graduated from East Grand Rapids HS (MI) and then played for Skip Chappelle and the Maine Black Bears
- Boylen was inducted into the UMain Sports Hall of Fame in September 2023
- Returned to his home state in 1987 and joined HOF coach Jud Heathcote‘s staff as an assistant at Michigan State
- Was part of three NCAA Tournaments, one NIT and the Spartans’ 1990 Big Ten title
- Left in 1992 to become an assistant under Rudy Tomjanovich with the NBA’s Houston Rockets
- Part of Rudy’s full tenure in Houston, including the Rockets’ back-to-back NBA titles in 1994 and 1995
- When Tomjanovich left in 2003, Boylen spent the next two seasons coaching with the Golden State Warriors (under Eric Musselman) and the Milwaukee Bucks (under Terry Porter)
- Returned to Michigan State in 2005, spending two seasons as an assistant under Tom Izzo
- Hired in 2007 to be the head coach at Utah, his first head coaching role at any level
- Went 69-60 over four seasons, highlighted by the 2008-09 season, winning the MWC Tournament and a share of the MWC title
- Fired in 2011 following two straight sub-.500 seasons and missed postseasons
- Moved back to the NBA level, spending two seasons assisting Gregg Popovich in San Antonio before arriving in Chicago in 2015
- Was Fred Hoiberg‘s associate head coach for two and a half seasons before Hoiberg was let go in December 2018
- Boylen was named interim head coach, going 17-41 to finish out the season, then got the job officially during the 2019 off-season
- After going 22-43 in the coronavirus-shortened 2019-20 season, Boylen was fired as head coach (August 2020)
- Along with his wife, Christine, has two daughters
Jim Boylen Coaching Tree
- Charlie Henry (Georgia Southern, Windy City Bulls)
- Stan Johnson (Loyola Marymount)
- Barret Peery (Portland State)
- Marty Wilson (Pepperdine)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
