Jim Baron (born March 20, 1954)
Teams coached: Saint Francis Red Flash, St. Bonaventure Bonnies, Rhode Island Rams, Canisius Golden Griffins
Saint Francis record: 74-71 (.510)
St. Bonaventure record: 132-131 (.502)
Rhode Island record: 183-167 (.523)
Canisius record: 73-61 (.545)
Overall record: 462-430 (.518)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1991, 2000)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 8 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2011)
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2013, 2014, 2015)
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1991)
- NEC Tournament Champion: 1 (1991)
Awards:
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 4 (1995, 2003, 2007, 2009)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2012-2016 | Canisius |
2001-2012 | Rhode Island |
1992-2001 | St. Bonaventure |
1987-1992 | Saint Francis |
1981-1987 | Notre Dame (asst) |
1980-1981 | St. Bonaventure (asst) |
1979-1980 | Loyola (MD) (asst) |
1978-1979 | Rochester (asst) |
Jim Baron Facts
- James Edward Baron
- Born March 20, 1954
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: St. Bonaventure University (BA, 1977)
- Played four seasons for the Bonnies under head coach Jim Satalin and returned for one season as one of Satalin’s assistants
- Also worked as an assistant to Gary Dicovitsky at Loyola (MD) and for six seasons under Digger Phelps at Notre Dame
- Won 74 games in five seasons as head coach at Saint Francis, highlighted by a NEC title and NCAA Tournament berth in 1991
- Spent twenty years as a head coach in the Atlantic 10, nine at St. Bonaventure and eleven at Rhode Island
- Took the Bonnies to one NCAA and three NITs and the Rams to five NITs and one CBI
- His four A-10 Coach of the Year awards is second only to legendary Temple head coach John Chaney
- Was the head coach at Canisius for four seasons, going to the CIT in each of the first three, before announcing his retirement in May 2016
- Inducted into the St. Bonaventure Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009
- Along with his wife, Cindy, has two sons, both of whom had professional basketball careers
Jim Baron Coaching Tree
- Pat Clarke (Canisius)
- Rob Lanier (Rice, SMU, Georgia State, Siena)
- Brian Nash (St. Francis NY)
- Desmond Oliver (East Tennessee State)
- Pat Skerry (Towson)