Boeheim agrees to new contract with Syracuse
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim has agreed to a new contract that will extend past next season.
The extension of the Hall of Fame coach’s contract comes after head-coach-inwaiting Mike Hopkins was hired Sunday by Washington. Boeheim had planned to step down after the conclusion of next season. Details of the extension were not released.
Boeheim just completed his 41st season as coach at his alma mater. He ranks second all time among Division I coaches in victories with 903, trailing only Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Boeheim owns the longest active streak of seasons at one school, ahead of Krzyzewski’s 36 at Duke.
Syracuse also announced that Adrian Autry has been promoted to associate head coach.
Hopkins seemed destined to become a head coach. The surprise is that it’s not happening at Syracuse.
Washington moved in swiftly for Hopkins after firing Lorenzo Romar four days earlier. Hopkins agreed to a six-year deal, with financial terms expected to be released in a few days.
Hopkins has been tabbed as the eventual replacement for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse since 2007. Two years ago, Syracuse put the transition plan in writing, announcing Hopkins would take over after the 2017-18 season. Hopkins also served as interim head coach during a stretch of the 2015-16 season while Boeheim was suspended.
Hopkins is leaving behind all he’s known in college basketball for an opportunity to rebuild Washington.
“His resume and reputation within the basketball community made him stand out to us, but ultimately it was his vision for Washington, his passion for teaching and developing student-athletes and his close alignment with the core values of our institution and department that made it more than clear that he was the right fit for us,” Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen said in a statement.
Hopkins spent most of the past quarter century at Syracuse as a player and coach. He played at Syracuse from 1989-93 and returned to the staff there in 1996.
He was named coach-inwaiting in June 2015, with the expectation he would take over after the 2017-18 season. But Hopkins jumped at the chance to coach in the Pac-12 after being linked the past few years to job openings at USC and Oregon State. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim agrees to new contract extension after head-coach-inwaiting Mike Hopkins is hired by Washington. family members of the team’s players. But then she started shouting loudly about the calls made during the game. The governing body lifted its ban against South Carolina holding championships in 2015. By the early afternoon there were about a dozen protesters, many carrying Confederate flags, across the street from the arena’s main entrance.
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