Jim Engles

Jim Engles
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Columbia
Conference	Ivy League
Record	59–135 (.304)
Biographical details
Born	August 19, 1968 (age 56); Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1990	Dickinson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1997	Wagner (assistant)
1997–2003	Rider (assistant)
2003–2008	Columbia (assistant)
2008–2016	NJIT
2016–present	Columbia
Head coaching record
Overall	170–274 (.383)
Tournaments	6–2 (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 current coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team.^[2] He is the former 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)
2008–09	NJIT	1–30
NJIT Highlanders (Great West Conference) (2009–2013)
2009–10	NJIT	10–21	4–8	T–5th
2010–11	NJIT	15–15	9–3	2nd
2011–12	NJIT	15–17	5–5	T–3rd
2012–13	NJIT	16–13	6–2	1st
NJIT Highlanders (NCAA Division I independent) (2013–2015)
2013–14	NJIT	13–16
2014–15	NJIT	21–12			CIT Semifinals
NJIT Highlanders (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2015–2016)
2015–16	NJIT	20–15	8–6	T–2nd	CIT Semifinals
NJIT:		111–139 (.444)	32–24 (.571)
Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (2016–present)
2016–17	Columbia	11–16	5–9	5th
2017–18	Columbia	8–19	5–9	T–5th
2018–19	Columbia	10–18	5–9	7th
2019–20	Columbia	6–24	1–13	8th
2020–21	Columbia	Season Canceled
2021–22	Columbia	4–22	1–13	8th
2022–23	Columbia	7–22	2–12	8th
2023–24	Columbia	13–14	4–10	6th
Columbia:		59–135 (.304)	23–75 (.235)
Total:		170–274 (.383)
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

References

^ "NCAA Statistics".
^ "Jim Engles leaving NJIT, takes over at Columbia".
^ Berman, Zach (21 December 2009). "NJIT is a team with nowhere to go but up". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

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[1] "NCAA Statistics".

[2] "Jim Engles leaving NJIT, takes over at Columbia".

[3] Berman, Zach (21 December 2009). "NJIT is a team with nowhere to go but up". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

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