Chicago Bulls | |
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Position | Associate head coach |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born |
East Grand Rapids, Michigan |
April 18, 1965
Career information | |
College | Maine (1983–1987) |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1987–1992 | Michigan State Spartans (asst) |
1992–2003 | Houston Rockets (asst) |
2003–2004 | Golden State Warriors (asst) |
2004–2005 | Milwaukee Bucks (asst) |
2005–2007 | Michigan State Spartans (asst) |
2007–2011 | Utah Utes |
2011–2013 | Indiana Pacers (asst) |
2013–2015 | San Antonio Spurs (asst) |
2015–present | Chicago Bulls (assoc. HC) |
Career highlights and awards | |
As assistant coach:
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As assistant coach:
Jim Boylen is the associate head coach for the Chicago Bulls. Prior to 2015, Boylen was assisting Coach Gregg "Pop" Popovich, where he helped the Spurs attend the NBA Finals two times (2013, 2014), However, His team (SA Spurs) hoisted the trophy only once.(2014)...He is a former head basketball coach of the University of Utah Utes. He had coached the program from 2007 to 2011 before being fired on March 12, 2011. The Utah job was his first head coaching position after spending over a decade as an assistant at both the NBA and NCAA levels. He replaced Ray Giacoletti, who was fired from Utah on March 3, 2007. Prior to joining Utah, Boylen spent two years at Michigan State University (MSU) as the Spartans top assistant under Tom Izzo. During his time at MSU, Boylen was considered to be among the top assistant coaches in the NCAA.
Boylen was born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1965 and attended the University of Maine, where he was a captain during both his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, he earned First Team All-North Atlantic Conference honors after averaging 21 points per contest. That same year, he finished runner-up in the conference Player of the Year voting to Northeastern's Reggie Lewis. Boylen earned a bachelor's degree in business from Maine in 1987.
Boylen began his coaching career as an assistant under legendary Michigan State head coach Jud Heathcote. He would stay there from 1987 to 1992 before accepting a position with the NBA's Houston Rockets. As an assistant coach with the Rockets, Boylen would go on to win two NBA Championships and helped coach both Hakeem Olajuwon and Yao Ming. After his 11-year stint with Houston, Boylen became an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors and then the Milwaukee Bucks. After 13 years of coaching in the NBA, he returned to Michigan State as an assistant with the Spartans, in part because he wanted to tend to his ill father. As Izzo's top assistant, he helped lead Michigan State to a 45–23 record in two years, including two NCAA appearances.