Jim Christian

Jim Christian
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	TCU
Record	38–58
Biographical details
Born	Bethpage, New York, USA
Playing career
1983–1985 1986–1988	Boston University Rhode Island
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1999 2001–2002 2002–2008 2008–present	Western Kentucky (asst.) St. Francis (PA) (asst.) Western Kentucky (asst.) Miami (OH) (asst.) Pittsburgh (asst.) Kent State (asst.) Kent State TCU
Head coaching record
Overall	176–116
Accomplishments and honors
Championships MAC Tournament (2006, 2008) MAC Overall-Regular Season (2006, 2008) MAC East Division (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Awards MAC Coach of the Year (2006, 2008)

Jim Christian is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Texas Christian University. He took over the position vacated by Neil Dougherty in March 2008. Prior to taking over at TCU, Christian was 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.

As A Player

A native of Bethpage, New York, Christian was an all-state guard at St. Dominic High School while playing under Ralph Willard who later was the head coach at Western Kentucky, Pitt 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 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 for the right to advance to the Elite Eight.

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

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	NCAA 1st Round
Kent State:		137-59	76–28
TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Conference) (2008–present)
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	17-12	7-6
TCU:		55–70	18–43	Source: [1]
Total:		192–129
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion