Jim Casciano
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1952-07-05) July 5, 1952 (age 71) Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1974 | Drexel |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1974–1975 | Villanova (asst.) |
| 1975–1976 | Delaware (asst.) |
| 1977–1980 | Washington and Lee (asst.) |
| 1980–1982 | Old Dominion (asst.) |
| 1982–1983 | Castleton State |
| 1983–1989 | Saint Michael's |
| 1989–1990 | Radford (asst.) |
| 1990–1993 | Temple (women's asst.) |
| 1993–1996 | Valley Forge Academy |
| 1996–2001 | King's (PA) |
| 2001–2008 | NJIT |
| 2011–2014 | UMPI |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| [1985-86 MECC Coach of the Year, VCMBCA Vermont Coach of the Year] | |
James Paul Casciano is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He stepped down after going 0–29 with the Highlanders in 2007–08 although he was not physically there for a 12-game leave of absence (coached by assistant coach Wendell Alexis during his medical leaves), which is the worst winless season in unofficial NCAA Division I basketball history (record does not officially count because NJIT was transiting from Division II to Division I during that period).
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJIT Highlanders (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference) (2001–2006) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | NJIT | 14–13 | 14–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 2002–03 | NJIT | 18–11 | 16–4 | 1st | |||||
| 2003–04 | NJIT | 10–18 | 9–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2004–05 | NJIT | 11–17 | 10–10 | T–6th | |||||
| 2005–06 | NJIT | 8–19 | 5–17 | 12th |
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| NJIT Highlanders (Independent) (2006–2008) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | NJIT | 5–24 | |||||||
| 2007–08 | NJIT | 0–29 | |||||||
| NJIT: | 66–131 |
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| UMPI Owls (Independent) (2011–2014) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | UMPI | 3–17 | |||||||
| 2012–13 | UMPI | 11–14 | |||||||
| 2013–14 | UMPI | 6–14 | |||||||
| UMPI: | 24–45 | ||||||||
| Total: | 203–323 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
Only won 12 games in his first 3 seasons at King's College, PA
References
- 'NCAA Division 1 Statistics 2010'
- NJIT Men's Basketball Team Media Guide
- Saint Michael's College Men's Basketball Awards
- Men's Head Basketball Coach Jim Casciano Resigns Archived 2014-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official NJIT Highlander website
- NJIT Men's Basketball Team Media Guide
- Saint Michael's College Men's Basketball Awards
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NJIT Highlanders men's basketball head coaches
- Frank Entwisle (1922–1923)
- No coach (1923–1930)
- Otto Falb (1930–1931)
- No coach (1931–1932)
- Fred Bauder (1932–1960)
- Joseph Fitzgerald (1961–1966)
- Lou Torciocollo (1966–1972)
- Rem Becker (1972–1976)
- Jim Rake (1976–1979)
- Jim Catalano (1979–2001)
- Jim Casciano (2001–2008)
- Jim Engles (2008–2016)
- Brian Kennedy (2016–2023)
- Grant Billmeier (2023– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
