Jim Boylen

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jim Boylen is a former head basketball coach of the University of Utah Utes and currently one of the assistant coaches of the Indiana Pacers. He had coached the program from 2007 to 2011 before being fired on March 12th, 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 as the Spartans top assistant under Tom Izzo. During his time in East Lansing, Boylen was considered to be among the top assistant coaches in the NCAA.