Jim Mack enters his eighth season as an assistant coach with the LIU men’s basketball program in 2021-22. During his time in downtown Brooklyn, Mack has helped recruit and develop five first team All-NEC players (Jerome Frink, Martin Hermannsson, Joel Hernandez, Raiquan Clark, and Eral Penn), six 1,000-point scorers, and one NEC Player of the Year.
LIU has qualified for the NEC championship tournament every season that Mack has been on staff, including the team that won an NEC championship title in 2018, and played in the NCAA tournament, and the LIU team that finished with a 20-12 overall record in 2017.
Mack responsibilities include scheduling, recruiting, monitoring academic progress, player development, practice planning, game strategy, scouting, and budget.
Prior to his time at LIU, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Springfield College, working with a team that received an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament both years.
Mack spent six seasons on the coaching staff at Sabis Charter School in Springfield, including five as the Bulldogs’ head coach. During those five years, he led Sabis to three Western Massachusetts titles, two trips to the state championship game, and a Division II state title in 2010. He was twice honored as the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year (‘08 and ’10), and was named the Springfield Republican Coach of the Year in 2011. During his five-year run, the Bulldogs had a 93-22 record, for a .808 win percentage.
Mack played for the Springfield men’s basketball team for four years, and was a member of the 2005 squad that reached the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Mack graduated from Springfield College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 2006, and his master's degree in sport management in 2014.
Mack lives with his wife, Jen and their son Carson in Brooklyn.
