Jim Engles

Jim Engles
Biographical details
Born (1968-08-19) August 19, 1968Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1990Dickinson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1997Wagner (assistant)
1997–2003Rider (assistant)
2003–2008Columbia (assistant)
2008–2016NJIT
2016–2025Columbia
Head coaching record
Overall182–289 (.386)
Tournaments6–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Great West regular season (2013)
Awards
Great West Coach of the Year (2013)

Jim Engles (born August 18, 1968[1]) is an American college basketball coach and the former coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team.[2] He has also been the head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).[3] He replaced Jim Casciano. In Engles' first season (2008), the NJIT Highlanders snapped their Division I-record 51-game losing streak with a win over Bryant. Under Engles, NJIT reached the CIT semifinals in both 2015 and 2016. Engles had been an assistant coach at Columbia before taking over as head coach at NJIT.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NJIT Highlanders(NCAA Division I independent)(2008–2009)
2008–09NJIT 1–30
NJIT Highlanders (Great West Conference)(2009–2013)
2009–10NJIT 10–214–8T–5th
2010–11NJIT 15–159–32nd
2011–12NJIT 15–175–5T–3rd
2012–13NJIT16–136–21st
NJIT Highlanders (NCAA Division I independent)(2013–2015)
2013–14NJIT13–16
2014–15NJIT21–12CIT Semifinals
NJIT Highlanders (Atlantic Sun Conference)(2015–2016)
2015–16NJIT20–158–6T–2ndCIT Semifinals
NJIT:111–139 (.444)32–24 (.571)
Columbia Lions(Ivy League)(2016–2025)
2016–17Columbia11–165–95th
2017–18Columbia8–195–9T–5th
2018–19Columbia10–185–97th
2019–20Columbia6–241–138th
2020–21Columbia Season Canceled
2021–22Columbia4–221–138th
2022–23Columbia7–222–128th
2023–24Columbia13–144–106th
2024–25Columbia12–151–138th
Columbia:71–150 (.321)24–88 (.214)
Total:182–289 (.386)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion        Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion      Conference tournament champion

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