Jim Engles
Jim Engles (born August 18, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and current coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team. He is the former head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). 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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Columbia |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 59–135 (.304) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 19, 1968 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) | |
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