MONTCLAIR, N.J. — With his son Buddy Boeheim set to become a freshman at Syracuse during the 2018-19 season, Jim Boeheim plans to coach for at least another five years.
“I’m not leaving my son there,” Boeheim, who turns 73 in November, said with a smile at the Garden State Basketball Clinic at Montclair (N.J.) Immaculate Conception High School.
When I mentioned that that meant Boeheim would be on the job for at least five more years, Boeheim smiled and said, “He might redshirt, too.”
If Buddy Boeheim ends his career in four years, his career would end during the 2021-22 season. If he redshirts, it would be pushed to the 2022-23 season, when Jim Boeheim will turn 78.