Jim Engles

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.

Jim Engles

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
2016–2025	Columbia
Head coaching record
Overall	182–289 (.386)
Tournaments	6–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Great West regular season (2013)
Awards
Great West Coach of the Year (2013)

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) (2016–2025)
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
2024–25	Columbia	12–15	1–13	8th
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