IV 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1318 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2010 Mr. Maffei submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor RESOLUTION Congratulating Jim Boeheim, head coach of the Syracuse University Orange men’s basketball team and a native of Lyons, New York, for receiving many coaching awards for the impressive achievements of the Syracuse University Orange 2009–2010 men’s basketball team.

Whereas Coach Jim Boeheim, a native of Lyons, New York, graduated from Lyons Central High School and enrolled in Syracuse University in 1962; Whereas Coach Boeheim joined the Syracuse University men’s basketball team as a player in 1962 not through the recruitment process, but through try-outs, serving as a team captain during his senior season on the team; Whereas, in 2003, Coach Boeheim led the Syracuse University men’s basketball team to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men’s basketball national title; Whereas, in 2005, Coach Boeheim was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; Whereas Coach Boeheim led the Syracuse University Orange men’s basketball team in completing the 2009–2010 regular season with 28 wins and 3 losses; Whereas Coach Boeheim also led the team to achieving many accomplishments, including an impressive overall season record with 30 wins and 5 losses, winning a Big East Conference regular season championship, achieving a national number 1 ranking for the first time since 1991, and qualifying as a Sweet 16 team during the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament; Whereas the 2009–2010 season marked the 34th season Jim Boeheim served as the head coach of the Syracuse University men’s basketball team; Whereas, on November 9, 2009, Coach Boeheim achieved his 800th career coaching win when the Syracuse University men’s basketball team defeated the University at Albany, State University of New York men’s basketball team by a score of 75 to 43 points; Whereas, on March 9, 2010, for the fourth time in his career, Coach Boeheim was named the Big East Coach of the Year; Whereas, on March 23, 2010, Coach Boeheim was named the Henry Iba National Coach of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association; Whereas, on April 4, 2010, Coach Boeheim received the National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year Award; Whereas, on April 6, 2010, Coach Boeheim was named the recipient of the Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Award; Whereas Coach Boeheim ranks second among active Division I coaches and sixth all-time among Division I coaches in victories for achieving 829 regular season wins; Whereas Coach Boeheim ranks seventh all-time among Division I coaches for leading his team to winning 44 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament games; and Whereas Coach Boeheim has also been named coach of the year for the 2009–2010 season by several organizations: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives congratulates Syracuse University men’s basketball Coach Jim Boeheim on being named the recipient of many coaching accolades for the outstanding achievements of 2009–2010 Syracuse University Orange men’s basketball team.