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Jim Boeheim on coaching future Olympics: ‘You never know’

Jessica Sheldon | Photo Editor

Jim Boeheim said he's unsure whether he'll coach future Olympics at a press conference on Tuesday.

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may not have been the last for Jim Boeheim as a coach for the USA national team. The 40-year Syracuse head coach held a press conference on Tuesday and discussed Carmelo Anthony, the 2016 Summer Olympics and his future as a coach with the USA Basketball team.

“You never know,” Boeheim said of coaching at the Olympics in the future. “… It’s too early to think about any of that.”

Boeheim garnered a gold medal in each of his three Olympics as a Team USA assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski, the Duke head coach who navigated USA’s national team to a 96-66 gold-medal win on Sunday against Serbia. Krzyzewski tabbed Boeheim as an assistant coach before the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the duo paired up to help lead Team USA to a perfect 24-0 record through three Olympic circuits. Boeheim’s national coaching career also featured FIBA World Championships in 2010 and 2014.

Krzyzewski will be replaced by San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich at the helm of Team USA for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Boeheim and Krzyzewski will next reunite when SU and Duke square off in the Carrier Dome during the 2016-17 season.







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