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Columbia began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1901. The Lions were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament 1904 and 1905 national champions by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll, and as the 1904, 1905, and 1910 national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation. [2]
Columbia basketball team, 1910. Columbia was one of the first schools to take up basketball. The Lions' rivalry with the Yale Bulldogs is the longest continuous rivalry in NCAA college basketball (tied with the Yale-Princeton rivalry): the two teams have played each other for 108 seasons in a row, going back to the 1901–1902 season.
The 2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represents Columbia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by eighth-year head coach Jim Engles , play their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League .
The Columbia Lions women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Columbia University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Lions play home basketball games at the Levien Gymnasium in New York, New York, on the university campus. [2]
The following is a list of Columbia Lions men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Lions in their 122-season history. [1] Columbia's current head coach is Jim Engles. He was hired as the Lions' head coach in March 2019, [2] replacing Kyle Smith, who left to become the head coach at San Francisco. [3]
The Columbia Lions men's basketball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Columbia Lions basketball program in various categories, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders.
The 2015–16 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by sixth year head coach Kyle Smith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 25–10, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish ...
Jim Engles (born August 18, 1968 [1]) is an American college basketball coach and current coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team. [2] He is the former head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). [3] He replaced Jim Casciano.