Jim Boeheim Says He Doesn’t Plan to Retire After This Season

Boeheim dismissed any questions of retirement after Syracuse’s loss to Duke on Saturday.

Despite a disappointing 2021-22 season, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Saturday he has no plans to retire.

“You don’t need to ask this,” Boeheim said after a 97-72 loss to Duke at the Carrier Dome. “Asked and answered 26 thousand times. Every press conference I gave in the beginning of the year is ‘I have no intentions of not coaching.’ I’ve said it 30 times. Because we’re having a bad year, you want me to quit? I don’t quit because we’re having a bad year.”

Boy, sounds like Joe Boeheim is really adamant on returning to Syracuse next year @CBSSports @CBSSportsCBB pic.twitter.com/Yb94szkgac

— NunesMagician.com (@NunesMagician) February 27, 2022

Boeheim added he is still recruiting for next year and has told all the incoming players he plans on returning.

“I told every recruit, we have a pretty good recruit here today, I’ve told every one of them I’ll be coaching next year. So I don’t know what you need me to do or say,” Boeheim said.

Saturday’s comments came after Boeheim faced Mike Krzyzewski for the final time before the Duke coach retires at the end of this season. Syracuse presented Krzyzewski with a framed picture of him and Boeheim before the game on Saturday.

Syracuse also established the Captain Michael William Krzyzewski Award for Leadership and Civic Engagement, a scholarship that the school will award a student with ties to the military.

More than a game.

The two winningest coaches in college basketball history and close friends, this was a special moment pregame as Coach Boeheim honored Coach K in his final game at the Dome. pic.twitter.com/rPSk9Qijtu

— Syracuse Men’s Basketball (@Cuse_MBB) February 26, 2022

Duke improved to 25-4 on the season with Saturday’s win. Syracuse fell to 15-14.