Jim Engles

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Jim Engles
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Columbia
Conference Ivy League
Record68–136 (.333)
Biographical details
Born (1968-08-19) 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–presentColumbia
Head coaching record
Overall179–275 (.394)
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 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
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
NJIT Highlanders (NCAA Division I independent)(2008–2009)
2008–09 NJIT 1–30
NJIT Highlanders (Great West Conference)(2009–2013)
2009–10 NJIT 10–214–8T–5th
2010–11 NJIT 15–159–32nd
2011–12 NJIT 15–175–5T–3rd
2012–13 NJIT 16–136–21st
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 20–158–6T–2nd CIT Semifinals
NJIT:111–139 (.444)32–24 (.571)
Columbia Lions (Ivy League)(2016–present)
2016–17 Columbia 11–165–95th
2017–18 Columbia 8–195–9T–5th
2018–19 Columbia 10–185–97th
2019–20 Columbia 6–241–138th
2020–21 Columbia Season Canceled
2021–22 Columbia 4–221–138th
2022–23 Columbia 7–222–128th
2023–24 Columbia 13–144–106th
2024–25 Columbia 9–10–0
Columbia:68–136 (.333)23–75 (.235)
Total:179–275 (.394)

      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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References

  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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