Columbia Lions basketball
Columbia Lions basketball history
Columbia University (New York City, NY)
Francis S. Levien Gymnasium
Ivy League
Current head coach: Jim Engles (2016-)
- Asst: Tobe Carberry (2020-)
- Asst: Jake Brown (2021-)
- Asst: Austin Nisbett (2023-)
- Asst. to the HC: Jesse Agel (2016-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 1 (1968)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1948, 1951, 1968)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 2-4
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- CIT Championships: 1 (2016)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2014, 2016)
- CIT Overall Record: 6-1
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 2 (1904, 1905)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 3 (1904, 1905, 1910)
Conference Titles (Ivy League):
- Ivy League Regular Season Championships: 13 (1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1968)
- Ivy League Tournament Championships: 0
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 3 (last = Jim McMillian, 1970)
- Ivy League Player of the Year: 2 (last = Craig Austin, 2001)
Columbia head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Jim Engles | 2016-Pres | 59-135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Smith | 2010-16 | 101-82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Jones | 2003-10 | 86-108 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armond Hill | 1995-2003 | 72-141 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rohan | 1961-74, 90-95 | 198-247 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wally Halas | 1987-90 | 18-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Szoke | 1984-87 | 37-41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Mahar | 1978-84 | 70-86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Penders | 1974-78 | 43-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenneth Hunter (int.) | 1960-61 | 5-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Oldham | 1958-60 | 15-49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Rossini | 1950-58 | 117-71 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon Ridings | 1946-50 | 70-21 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Mooney | 1933-42, 45-46 | 101-81 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Ripley | 1943-45 | 16-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Battles | 1942-43 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Meehan | 1925-33 | 94-56 | 3 | – | – |
| Joseph Deering | 1920-25 | 47-40 | 0 | – | – |
| Babe Benson | 1919-20 | 4-10 | 0 | – | – |
| Fred Dawson | 1918-19 | 3-7 | 0 | – | – |
| John Murray | 1917-18 | 4-9 | 0 | – | – |
| Carl J. Merner | 1916-17 | 6-8 | 0 | – | – |
| Harry A. Fisher | 1906-16 | 101-39 | 3 | – | – |
| no coach | 1900-06 | 58-18 | 2 | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.