Jim Saia
| Sport(s) | Men's college basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Conference | CCAA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 15, 1964 San Francisco, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1984 | Cal Poly |
| 1984–1985 | College of Marin |
| 1985–1987 | Chapman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1989 | California (asst.) |
| 1989–1990 | Indiana State (asst.) |
| 1990–1994 | Fresno State (asst.) |
| 1994–1996 | Columbia JC |
| 1996–2003 | UCLA (asst.) |
| 2004–2005 | USC (asst./interim HC) |
| 2006–2007 | Citrus CC (asst.) |
| 2007–2010 | Fresno Pacific |
| 2010–2016 | Cal State San Marcos |
| 2016–present | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 199–81 (college) 61–10 (junior college) |
James Sebastian Saia (born June 15, 1964) is the men's head basketball coach at California State University, Los Angeles.
Born in San Francisco, Saia prepped at Sir Francis Drake High in San Anselmo, California and graduated in 1982. He was a member of the basketball team that won the 1982 California state championship with a 34-0 record. There he was teammates with Steve Lavin.
Saia started his college basketball playing career at Cal Poly in the 1983–84 season, after redshirting a year. That season, he averaged 1.2 points and 0.4 rebounds in 19 games. He then transferred to College of Marin for the 1984–85 season and finished at Chapman University for his final two years, where he would join his childhood friend Steve Lavin. Saia graduated from Chapman in 1987.
Saia began his coaching career as an assistant under Lou Campanelli at California in the 1988–89 season then was an assistant at Indiana State in the 1989–90 season and Fresno State from 1990 to 1994.
From 1994 to 1996, Saia was head coach at Columbia College, a junior college in Sonora, California. He led Columbia to a 61–10 cumulative record, two Central Valley Conference titles, and an appearance in the Final Eight round of the 1996 CCCAA tournament.
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