Delta State University

Jimmy Boone enters his sixth season as an assistant coach for the Statesmen of Delta State University. Boone, who is the eldest son of head coach Jim Boone, will assist with basketball operations, on-court coaching and video exchange.

In his second season on the sidelines in Cleveland, Boone helped lead the Statesmen to one of the best seasons in program history in 2013-2014, as Delta State went 26-7 overall, captured the Gulf South Conference regular season title and made a run to the NCAA Sweet 16.  

Senior power forward Willie Readus was named GSC Player of the Year, while point guard Devin Schmidt was selected the GSC Freshman of the Year. The duo both earned All-GSC first team accolades. Readus was a consensus first team All-South Region selection by Daktronics and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, while Schmidt was named second team. 

Several individual marks also fell during the season, as senior guard Cornel Knight cracked the school’s career top 10 list for assists with 249 and sophomore shooting guard Jack Madgen climbed in the career charts for made 3-pointers with 95.   

In all, the Statesmen completed a two-year turnaround of a program that had won just six games the year before Boone took over in 2012-13. After the success of 2013-14, expectations will continue to grow for the Statesmen in year three.
 
Boone spent the 2010-2011 season as an assistant on the coaching staff for the Tusculum College men’s basketball program, serving as a student assistant, and the 2011-2012 season as a graduate assistant at West Virginia Wesleyan University.  

Boone completed a solid four-year playing career at Tusculum, where he played in 114 games and logged over 3,100 minutes. He finished his TC career with 831 points, including 162 three-pointers, the sixth most in school history. In his junior campaign, he helped the Pioneers to a 20-11 record as TC advanced to the SAC Tournament championship game and later earned an at-large berth for the NCAA Division II Tournament. During that junior season, he earned SAC Player of the Week honors.

Boone’s prep career consisted of three seasons at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. and his senior campaign locally at Greenville High School. While at GHS, the Greene Devils won the District, Region and Sub-State titles and finished with a 28-8 record. He averaged 15 points and five assists per game as GHS advanced to the State quarterfinal.  At Pioneer HS, he averaged 14 points per game, while earning All-conference and All-Area First Team honors. The two-time All-Conference and All-County selection was named team MVP and led PHS to a conference title and advanced to the sectional final in 2005.

He is the son of Jim and Stephanie Boone and has one brother, Joey. He majored in English education.