Marquette Athletics Mourns the Passing of Jim Jabir, Former Head Women’s Basketball Coach
MILWAUKEE – Marquette Athletics mourns the passing of Jim Jabir, head women’s basketball coach from 1990-96, on April 16 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 63.
Jabir had a 36-year head coaching career, spanning over 1,000 games coached. In charge of Marquette, he led his team to 94 wins in six seasons and three-straight post-season appearances. MU twice won 20 games under Jabir, and the program qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1994 and 1995. His team won the Great Midwest Conference with a perfect 10-0 record in 1993-94, before making a run to fourth place in the NWIT.
In a career that included stops at Siena (twice), Providence, Dayton, Florida Atlantic and Buffalo State, he won 561 games and took teams to eight NCAA Tournaments and two WNITs. He is the winningest coach in Dayton’s program history, winning 252 games and enjoying runs of eight-straight 20-wins seasons and six-straight NCAA Tournament berths, culminating with a run to the Elite Eight in 2015-16.
Jabir is survived by his wife, Angie, their 6-year-old son, Jude, and three older children: son Shane (and his wife Lauren); daughter Lauren (Paul; and son Jackson (Sewar.) He had eight grandchildren. He’s also survived by a brother Mark and a sister Allyson (Rob).
Please keep Coach Jabir, his family and friends in your prayers.
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