NJIT Highlanders basketball history

New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ)
Wellness and Events Center (WEC)
America East Conference

Current head coach: Grant Billmeier (2023-)

• Asst: RaShawn Stores (2023-)
• Asst: Pete Lappas (2023-)
• Asst: Tom Messinger (2023-)
• Asst: Mike Hamlin (2022-)
• DBO: Vinnie Tamburro (2023-)

Post-Season:

• National Championships:  0
• Final Four Appearances:  0
• Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NCAAT Overall Record:  0-0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• NIT Overall Record:  0-0
• CIT Appearances:  3  (2015, 2016, 2019)
• CIT Overall Record:  7-3
• NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances:  5  (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
• NCAA Division III Tournament Overall Record:  3-5

Conference Titles (Skyline, NYCAC, ECAC, CACC, UBC, Great West, Atlantic Sun, America East):

• America East Regular Season Championships:  0
• Great West Regular Season Championships:  1  (2013)
• America East Tournament Championships:  0
• ECAC Metro (Div III) Conference Championships:  3  (1982, 1985, 1988)

Award Winners:

• Naismith Player of the Year:  0
• John R. Wooden Award:  0
• Oscar Robertson Trophy:  0
• AP All-Americans:  0
• America East Player of the Year:  0
• Great West Player of the Year:  2  (last = Chris Flores, 2013)

NJIT head coaches:

Coach	Tenure	Record	Conf. Titles	NCAA Apps.	Nat. Champ
Grant Billmeier	2023-Pres	7-21	0	0	0
Brian Kennedy	2016-23	81-123	0	0	0
Jim Engles	2008-16	111-139	1	0	0
Jim Casciano	2001-08	66-131	0	0	0
Jim Catalano	1979-2001	459-203	3^	5^	0
Jim Rake	1976-79	14-56	0	0	0
Rem Becker	1972-76	16-59	0	0	0
Lou Torciocollo	1966-72	47-69	0	0	0
Joseph Fitzgerald	1960-66	52-40	0	0	0
Fred Bauder	1932-60	141-113 ##	0	0	0
no coach	1923-30, 31-32	24-40	–	–	–
Otto Falb	1930-31	8-1	–	–	–

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

^ These conference titles and tournament appearances came when the NJIT program was at the Division III level; NJIT moved up to Division I prior to the 2005-06 season

## records are incomplete or unavailable

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.