Jim Jabir, an American women’s basketball coach who worked at Dayton, Siena and Marquette, died on April 16, 2026, of pancreatic cancer.
He was 63. Jabir, a native of Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Nazareth College in 1984 with a degree in English and began his coaching career there as an assistant in 1984-85.
He later served as head coach at Buffalo State, where he won a SUNYAC championship and reached the NCAA Regionals, before taking head coaching jobs at Siena, Marquette and Providence.
Jim Jabir, 63, American women’s basketball coach (Dayton, Siena, Marquette), pancreatic cancer.