Jim Christian

Jim Christian
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	Boston College
Conference	ACC
Record	20-44 (.313)
Biographical details
Born	(1965-02-06) February 6, 1965 Bethpage, New York
Playing career
1983–1985	Boston University
1986–1988	Rhode Island
1988–1989	Sydney City Comets (ABA)
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1992	Western Kentucky (asst.)
1992–1994	Saint Francis (PA) (asst.)
1994–1995	Western Kentucky (asst.)
1995–1996	Miami (OH) (asst.)
1996–1999	Pittsburgh (asst.)
2001–2002	Kent State (asst.)
2002–2008	Kent State
2008–2012	TCU
2012–2014	Ohio
2014–present	Boston College
Head coaching record
Overall	262–197 (.571)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× MAC Tournament championship (2006, 2008) 5× MAC East Division championship (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013)
Awards
2× MAC Coach of the Year (2006, 2008)

James Patrick Christian^[1] (born February 6, 1965) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Boston College men's basketball team. He previously held the same position at Kent State, TCU and Ohio.

Christian and his wife, Patty (an Ohio University Alum), were married in the summer of 2005, and have three children, MacKenzie, Zach and Jay.

Playing career

James Patrick Christian was born in Bethpage, New York. He was an all-state guard at St. Dominic High School in nearby Oyster Bay while playing under Ralph Willard, who later was the head coach at Western Kentucky, Pittsburgh, and Holy Cross. Following his prep career, Christian was recruited by current Louisville head men's basketball coach Rick Pitino at Boston University where he played two seasons before transferring to the University of Rhode Island.

Christian played his final two campaigns under Tom Penders at the University of Rhode Island, where he helped the Rams reach the Sweet Sixteen of the 1988 NCAA Tournament. The former standout guard guided the Rams to victories over Missouri and Syracuse before dropping a 73–72 decision to Duke in the Sweet 16 round.

After earning his bachelor's degree in consumer affairs from the University of Rhode Island in 1988, Christian spent one season playing professionally in the Australian Basketball Association for the Sydney City Comets.

Coaching career

After returning to the United States, Christian became the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers' assistant coach under head coach Ralph Willard from 1990 to 1992. From there, Christian went on to assist head coaches Tom McConnell at Saint Francis University (1992–1994), Matt Kilcullen again at Western Kentucky University (1994–1995), Herb Sendek at Miami University (1995–1996), Ralph Willard at University of Pittsburgh (1996–1999), and Stan Heath at Kent State University (2001–2002).

Kent State University

After assisting former head coach Stan Heath in the 2001–2002 season, Christian became head coach at Kent State University from 2002 to 2008, where he led the Golden Flashes to six consecutive seasons of twenty or more wins, four MAC East division titles, two overall MAC titles, and two conference tournament championships. His teams also had five post-season appearances, three in the NIT and two in the NCAA Tournament. His record at Kent State was 137–59.^[2]

Texas Christian University

At Texas Christian University, Christian took over the position vacated by Neil Dougherty in March 2008. In Christian's final year coaching the Horned Frogs, he helped the program break a seven-year losing streak and gave them a bid in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. The squad posted an 18–15 overall record, four more wins than in any season since 2004–05, and ended with its best finish ever in the Mountain West Conference at fifth place.^[3]

Ohio University

On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Christian was named the new head basketball coach in Athens, becoming Ohio's 17th head coach, after former head coach John Groce left for University of Illinois.

In Christian's first year, he and the Ohio Bobcats shared the MAC regular season title with Akron with a conference record of 14–2, Ohio's first regular season title since 1993–1994.^[4] Ohio earned themselves a No. 2 seed in the MAC tournament, where they beat Western Michigan 74–63. The following evening, Ohio lost to Akron 46–65 in the MAC Championships, losing a bid to the NCAA tournament.^[5] However, Ohio earned an at-large bid in the 2013 NIT tournament as a number 6 seed in the Alabama quadrant.^[6]

On April 3, 2014, Christian resigned his position at Ohio to become the head coach at Boston College, replacing Steve Donahue.^[7]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kent State Golden Flashes (Mid-American Conference) (2002–2008)
2002–03	Kent State	21–10	12–6	1st (East)	NIT 1st Round
2003–04	Kent State	22–9	13–5	1st (East)	NIT 1st Round
2004–05	Kent State	20–13	11–7	T–2nd (East)	NIT 1st Round
2005–06	Kent State	25–9	15–3	1st (East)	NCAA 1st Round
2006–07	Kent State	21–11	12–4	2nd (East)
2007–08	Kent State	28–7	13–3	1st (East)	NCAA 1st Round
Kent State:		137–59 (.699)	76–28 (.731)
TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Conference) (2008–2012)
2008–09	TCU	14–17	5–11	7th
2009–10	TCU	13–19	5–11	7th
2010–11	TCU	11–22	1–15	9th
2011–12	TCU	18–15	7–7	5th	CBI Quarterfinals
TCU:		56–73 (.434)	18–44 (.290)
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) (2012–2014)
2012–13	Ohio	24–10	14–2	T-1st	NIT 1st Round
2013–14	Ohio	25–11	11–7	3rd (East)	CIT Quarterfinals
Ohio:		49–21 (.700)	25–9 (.735)
Boston College (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–Present)
2014–15	Boston College	13–19	4–14	13th
2015–16	Boston College	7–25	0–18	15th
Boston College:		20–44 (.313)	4–32 (.111)
Total:		262–197 (.571)
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

References

↑ "Executive, administrative, and professional staff - staff appointments". Minutes of the Board of Regents, Western Kentucky University. December 12, 1990. p. 8. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
↑ Withers, Tom. "Sports Writer". Associated Press. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
↑ "Jim Christian's Coaching Biography".
↑ "Ohio Shares MAC Title With 58–54 Win Over Miami". ohiobobcats.com. Ohio University. March 9, 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
↑ Moylan, Connor (16 March 2013). "Akron wins 2013 MAC basketball tournament: Zips stifle Bobcats". http://www.sbnation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved 18 March 2013. External link in |work= (help)
↑ Arkley, Jason (17 March 2013). "Ohio lands NIT bid". http://www.athensohiotoday.com. Athens Ohio Today. Retrieved 18 March 2013. External link in |work= (help)
↑ Vega, Michael (3 April 2014). "BC hires Jim Christian as basketball coach". http://www.bostonglobe.com. Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 April 2014. External link in |work= (help)

Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball head coaches

Alexander Whyte (1913–1915)
Donald Ulrich (1915–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Paul G. Chandler (1919–1923)
Frank Harsh (1923–1925)
Merle E. Wagoner (1925–1933)
Gus Peterka (1933–1935)
Donald Starn (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
William A. Satterlee (1944–1946)
Harry Adams (1946–1948)
David E. McDowell (1948–1951)
Clarence R. "Bud" Haerr (1951–1955)
David E. McDowell (1955–1957)
Bill Bertka (1957–1961)
Robert F. Doll (1961–1966)
Frank Truitt (1966–1974)
Rex Hughes (1974–1978)
Mike Boyd # (1978)
Ed Douma (1978–1982)
Jim McDonald (1982–1992)
Dave Grube (1992–1996)
Gary Waters (1996–2001)
Stan Heath (2001–2002)
Jim Christian (2002–2008)
Geno Ford (2008–2011)
Rob Senderoff (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

TCU Horned Frogs basketball head coaches

J. R. Langley (1908–1909)
Oscar Wise (1909–1910)
No team (1910–1913)
Unknown (1913–1914)
F. M. Cahoon (1914–1915)
Ewing Y. Freeland (1915–1916)
Unknown (1916–1919)
T. D. Hackney (1919–1920)
William L. Driver (1920–1922)
John McKnight (1922–1923)
Matty Bell (1923–1929)
Francis Schmidt (1929–1934)
Dutch Meyer (1934–1937)
Mike Brumbelow (1937–1941)
Herbert McQuillan (1941–1948)
Buster Brannon (1948–1967)
Johnny Swaim (1967–1977)
Tim Somerville (1977–1979)
Jim Killingsworth (1979–1987)
Moe Iba (1987–1994)
Billy Tubbs (1994–2002)
Neil Dougherty (2002–2008)
Jim Christian (2008–2012)
Trent Johnson (2012–2016)
Jamie Dixon (2016– )

Ohio Bobcats men's basketball head coaches

James C. Jones (1907–1910)
John J. Corbett (1910–1911)
Arthur Hinaman (1911–1912)
C. M. Douthit (1912–1913)
M. B. Banks (1913–1918)
Frank Gullum (1918–1920)
Russ Finsterwald (1920–1922)
Butch Grover (1922–1938)
Dutch Trautwein (1938–1949)
Jim Snyder (1949–1974)
Dale Bandy (1974–1980)
Danny Nee (1980–1986)
Billy Hahn (1986–1989)
Larry Hunter (1989–2001)
Tim O'Shea (2001–2008)
John Groce (2008–2012)
Jim Christian (2012–2014)
Saul Phillips (2014– )

Boston College Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Higgins (1904–1905)
James Crowley (1905–1907)
No team (1907–1910)
No coach (1910–1911)
No team (1911–1916)
Paul McNally (1916–1917)
No team (1917–1918)
Luke Urban (1918–1921)
William Coady (1921–1925)
No team (1925–1945)
Al McClellan (1945–1953)
Dino Martin (1953–1962)
Frank Power # (1962–1963)
Bob Cousy (1963–1969)
Chuck Daly (1969–1971)
Bob Zuffelato (1971–1977)
Tom Davis (1977–1982)
Gary Williams (1982–1986)
Jim O'Brien (1986–1997)
Al Skinner (1997–2010)
Steve Donahue (2010–2014)
Jim Christian (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference

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