[1985-86 MECC Coach of the Year, VCMBCA Vermont Coach of the Year]
James Paul Casciano is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He stepped down after going 0–29 with the Highlanders in 2007–08 although he was not physically there for a 12-game leave of absence (coached by assistant coach Wendell Alexis during his medical leaves), which is the worst winless season in unofficial NCAADivision I basketball history (record does not officially count because NJIT was transiting from Division II to Division I during that period).
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
Only won 12 games in his first 3 seasons at King's College, PA