Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim Raises Prostate Cancer Awareness

Syracuse University Coach Jim Boeheim stopped by to talk about his role as the spokesperson for the Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer campaign and the upcoming season of the Syracuse Orange mens basketball team.

Boeheim is the head coach of the Syracuse mens basketball team. He is a prostate cancer survivor and will be hosting the prostate awareness campaign’s celebrity golf tournament on August 29 at Long Bay Club in North Myrtle Beach.

Coach Boeheim has led the Orangemen basketball to a 799-288 record (.735 winning percentage) and 26 NCAA Tournament appearances, including defeating Kansas in the 2003 national championship, three Final Four berths and 14 Sweet 16 appearances. Boeheim is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Last summer, he was an assistant on USA basketball team that captured the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics.

For more on Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer, visit www.fightprostatecancer.org. For more on Syracuse Athletics, visit www.suathletics.com.

Written by Pierre Bonny