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).

Jim Casciano
Current position
TitleHead coach
Biographical details
Born (1952-07-05) July 5, 1952 (age 72)
Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1973–1974Drexel
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1975Villanova (asst.)
1975–1976Delaware (asst.)
1977–1980Washington and Lee (asst.)
1980–1982Old Dominion (asst.)
1982–1983Castleton State
1983–1989Saint Michael's
1989–1990Radford (asst.)
1990–1993Temple (women's asst.)
1993–1996Valley Forge Academy
1996–2001King's (PA)
2001–2008NJIT
2011–2014UMPI
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
[1985-86 MECC Coach of the Year, VCMBCA Vermont Coach of the Year]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
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
NJIT Highlanders (Independent) (2006–2008)
2006–07 NJIT 5–24
2007–08 NJIT 0–29
NJIT: 66–131
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  
      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

Only won 12 games in his first 3 seasons at King's College, PA

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