Jim Jabir

Jim Jabir

Biographical details
Born	(1962-08-12) August 12, 1962
Alma mater	Nazareth College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1987	Buffalo State
1987–1990	Siena
1990–1996	Marquette
1996–2002	Providence
2002–2003	Colorado (assistant)
2003–2016	Dayton
2017	SISU BK
2017–2021	Florida Atlantic
2021–2024	Siena
Head coaching record
Overall	561–472 (.543)

Jim Jabir (born August 12, 1962) is a retired American basketball coach who has coached at the college level and the professional level.

Career

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Jabir graduated from Nazareth College in 1984 with a degree in English. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Nazareth in 1984–85. He was the head coach of Buffalo State College in the NCAA Division 3 in 1986–87, guiding the team to a SUNYAC Championship and the NCAA Regionals. At Buffalo State, he earned a Master's degree in Student Personnel Administration.

At age 24, Jabir was named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Siena College. Between 1987 and 1990, he had a record of 50–29 at Siena, followed by head coaching stints at Marquette University (1990–1996) and Providence College (1996–2002). He guided Marquette Women’s Basketball Team to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 and 1995, Jabir earned Reebok/Great Midwest Coach of the Year honors twice. During his tenure at Providence, he led the Women’s team to 62 wins and 102 losses.

In 2002–03, Jabir was an assistant coach at the Colorado University Women’s Basketball Team, helping the squad to a Sweet 16 appearance. Jabir moved to the University of Dayton, where he was the Head Women’s Basketball Coach from 2003 to 2016. At Dayton, he compiled a record of 252 wins and 155 defeats and became the winningest coach in program history. In 2013, his Dayton Flyers’ team was ranked 11th nationally in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. He coached Dayton to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2015. Jabir received Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year honors in 2008 and 2013 and was a finalist for the Naismith College Coach of the Year Award in 2013. On September 7, 2016, Jabir stepped back for health reasons. Jabir said, he has had heart problems in the past and a pacemaker and defibrillator.

In parts of the 2016–17 season, he coached in the professional ranks, serving as head coach for SISU's men's team in Denmark’s Basketligaen, where he signed in January 2017. He guided the team to a semifinal appearance and was named 2016–17 Basketligaen Coach of the Year. Under his guidance, SISU won eleven of its 18 games.

Jabir went back to the United States and was Head Women's Basketball Coach at Florida Atlantic University from 2017 to 2021. In April 2021, he returned to Siena College and was named Siena’s Women's Basketball Head Coach. Jabir announced his retirement in March 2024. He decided to move to California where his wife took a job at Stanford University.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Buffalo State (SUNYAC) (1986–1987)
1986–1987	Buffalo State	14–11	8–2
Buffalo State:		14–11 (.560)	8–2 (.800)
Siena Saints (Independent) (1987–1989)
1987–1988	Siena Saints	16–10
1988–1989	Siena Saints	16–8
Siena Saints (MAAC) (1987–1989)
1989–1990	Siena Saints	18–11	5–5	6th
Siena Saints:		50–29 (.633)	5–5 (.500)
Marquette (Midwestern Collegiate) (1990–1991)
1990–1991	Marquette	7–20	3–13	8th
Marquette (Great Midwest) (1991–1995)
1991–1992	Marquette	16–13	7–3	3rd
1992–1993	Marquette	22–9	10–0	1st	NWIT 4th Place
1993–1994	Marquette	22–7	10–2	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
1994–1995	Marquette	19–12	9–3	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Marquette (Conference USA) (1995–1996)
1995–1996	Marquette	8–20	5–9	7th
Marquette Golden Eagles:		94–81 (.537)	44–30 (.595)
Providence Friars (Big East) (1996–2002)
1996–1997	Providence	13–14	8–10	T–6th
1997–1998	Providence	10–17	6–12	T–9th
1998–1999	Providence	5–22	4–14	11th
1999–2000	Providence	10–17	5–11	T–9th
2000–2001	Providence	11–17	4–12	11th
2001–2002	Providence	13–15	6–10	8th
Providence Friars:		62–85 (.422)	33–69 (.324)
Dayton Flyers (A-10) (2003–2016)
2003–2004	Dayton	3–25	1–15	12th
2004–2005	Dayton	12–16	6–10	T–5th
2005–2006	Dayton	17–12	8–8	T–6th
2006–2007	Dayton	12–19	7–8	9th
2007–2008	Dayton	25–9	9–5	T–4th
2008–2009	Dayton	21–14	7–7	8th
2009–2010	Dayton	25–8	11–3	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2010–2011	Dayton	21–12	9–5	T–3rd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2011–2012	Dayton	23–7	12–2	3rd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2012–13	Dayton	28–3	14–0	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2013–14	Dayton	23–8	14–2	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2014–15	Dayton	28–7	14–2	2nd	NCAA Division I Elite Eight
2015–16	Dayton	14–15	7–9	8th	WNIT First Round
Dayton Flyers:		252–155 (.619)	119–76 (.610)
Florida Atlantic Owls (C-USA) (2017–2021)
2017–18	Florida Atlantic	13–15	7–9	T–7th
2018–19	Florida Atlantic	5–24	2–14	T–12th
2019–20	Florida Atlantic	13–17	7–11	T–8th
2020–21	Florida Atlantic	11–11	8–8	T–3rd (East)
Florida Atlantic Owls:		42–67 (.385)	24–42 (.364)
Siena Saints (MAAC) (2021–2024)
2021–22	Siena	10–19	10–10	5th
2022–23	Siena	19–13	12–8	4th
2023–24	Siena	18–12	14–6	3rd
Siena Saints:		47–44 (.516)	36–24 (.600)
Total:		561–472 (.543)
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