Men's Basketball Coaching Staff

T.J. Tibbs

T.J. Tibbs Year-by-Year
Year	Overall	Conference
2017-18	17-12	12-4 $
2018-19	17-10	12-4
2019-20	9-16	N/A
2020-21	N/A	N/A
2022-23	9-19	7-9^#
2023-24	19-10	13-3^#
2024-25	12-18	7-9#
TOTALS	83-85	51-29
$ CUNYAC Championship # Playoff berth

Head Coach

Years: 7
Won-Lost (Pct.): 83-85 (.494)

Phone: (718) 982-3166
E-mail: tj.tibbs@csi.cuny.edu

A former student-athlete and graduate from CSI, Tibbs became the seventh coach in the school's history in July, 2017, representing a healthy mix of college playing and coaching experience, along with tremendous work with the Staten Island community as an activist and ambassador to the sport. Following four years as Head Coach from 2017-2021, he stepped away from the sidelines to become the Interim Director of Athletics & Recreation at CSI. However, he would not remain away from coaching for long as Tibbs chose to return to the Dolphins bench for the 2022-2023 season after serving on year in his interim role.

A St. Peter's High School basketball standout, Tibbs caught on late in his career at the College, playing for the Dolphins from 2010-12, leading the team to its farthest NCAA Tournament run in 2011-12, which included a pair of victories at the Sports & Recreation Center. Tibbs had three NCAA coaching stops from there, finally landing at CSI.

Tibbs started his collegiate career as a player at NCAA Division I Monmouth University for a single season, before transferring to CSI three years later with two years of basketball eligibility remaining. Tibbs wrapped up his senior season as a Division III All-American and first-team All-Met and CUNYAC All-Star. He posted 15.8 points per contest to go with 183 assists, then the second-highest mark in CSI single season history. His 40 points against Rhode Island College in the NCAA's Round of 32 remain a CSI postseason record. While playing at the College, Tibbs was also the freshman boy's coach at Curtis High School.

Tibbs did not waste time entering the college coaching circuit upon graduation. In August of 2013 he became the Director of Basketball Operations at NCAA Division I New Jersey Institute of Technology, working with coach and mentor Jim Engles, where he served as a liaison for the basketball program with all departments on campus, as well as coordinate budgets and special events for the program. That position sat side-by-side with Tibbs' work with the Staten Island Musketeers' 17U AAU program, which enforced Tibbs' penchant for working with area youth, furthering not only their basketball interests, but academics and personal growth as well.

In July of 2014, Tibbs found his way back into the City University of New York Athletic Conference, working with CSI-rivals Baruch College in Manhattan as an assistant coach. There, Tibbs was responsible for a heavy dose of the Bearcats' recruiting efforts, while developing game and practice plans and a year-round skill development program for all BC student-athletes. Tibbs left the Bearcats during the middle of the 2016-17 season, accepting an interim role as Head Coach at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Taking over the team in late January, Tibbs inherited a 3-14 side and led the team to a 4-4 record in its final eight games.

Tibbs intends to help build on the rich tradition the College has been known for, making it a logical landing spot for the area's best talent, and he hopes to reach outside the local neighborhoods to boost the squad's roster. He expects his teams to compete for national prominence and will emphasize the importance of community engagement through outreach and skill and character development programs centered on Staten Island youth.

Kurt Manesy
Associate Head Coach

Phone: (718) 982-3166
E-mail: kurt.manesy@csi.cuny.edu

Making his collegiate debut as an assistant coach for the Dolphins for the 2018-19 season, Kurtis Manesy joined the Dolphins' staff during the preseason, and intends to help the unit, especially with the interior players.

A former member of the CSI Dolphins Men's Basketball team from 2010-14, Manesy was a member of many exciting and successful teams while at CSI, playing side-by-side with current head coach T.J. Tibbs and former assistant coach J.C. Albano. During that time he was relied on as an interior threat who could provide sound defense with length and ability to hit the glass on the inside. While with the Dolphins, he will provide general assistance and be called on to work to develop CSI's young roster.

Orin McKay, Jr.
Assistant Coach

Phone: (718) 982-3166
E-mail: ootayjr@gmail.com

Khalil Shorter
Assistant Coach

Phone: (718) 982-3166

Ashley Lambert
Assistant Coach

Phone: (718) 982-3166