Jim Engles

Jim Engles
Biographical details
Born (1968-08-19) August 19, 1968
Staten 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) is an American college basketball coach and the former coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team. He has also been the 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.