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The Jim Boeheim era at Syracuse is officially over.
After rumors continued to swirl about Boeheim’s retirement, he finally called it a career on Wednesday afternoon after a loss to Wake Forest.
BREAKING NEWS: SU announces Jim Boeheim’s retirement. pic.twitter.com/D4X5wAiJN5
— Andrew Donovan (@AndrewDonovan) March 8, 2023
Boeheim had been the head coach for the last 47 seasons before announcing his retirement. Associate head coach Adrian Autry will now take over for Boeheim moving forward.
Boeheim will finish his coaching career with 1,015 wins, which is second only to former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
The college basketball world had nothing but positive things to say once this became official.
End of an era in college hoops. Saw this one coming though https://t.co/V2AAYxCD8h
— Alex Chauvancy (@AlexC_NJD) March 8, 2023
After 47 years Jim Boeheim is retiring one of the greats of the game but it was time for him it seemed from all sides https://t.co/Y0LdeCFRMY
— Liam Giffin (@liamgiffin767) March 8, 2023
You know you created a legacy when there’s nothing to be said upon retirement. Congrats to Jim Boeheim https://t.co/euScLH72vC
— Requiem for the Big East (@RequiemBigEast) March 8, 2023
Legend 🍊 https://t.co/8PFM2Lo3Po
— Nick DeVito (@ndevito27) March 8, 2023
“An end of an era, but this is the right move for the future of Syracuse basketball,” another tweet read.
An end of an era, but this is the right move for the future of Syracuse basketball. https://t.co/Y31MEo1lMA
— Cody Chalfan (@cachalfan) March 8, 2023
wow. thanks for the memories jim. https://t.co/3XWDxxj9y9
— Peach (@peachquintana) March 8, 2023
Excellent career for Boeheim, but the time had come. I don’t know that I will ever be more confident in a coach to make the Sweet 16 as a double digit seed than this man. https://t.co/5vJ4ykv4Gu
— the_take_ (@lcscrlnlsn) March 8, 2023
Boeheim led the Orange to a national title in 2003 along with 35 total NCAA Tournament appearances. He also led the program to the Final Four five times during his coaching career.
Congratulations on a great career, Jim!