Kim Waiters joined Kevin Baggett’s staff in July 2021. Waiters joined the Broncs following six seasons at NJIT.
Since joining Rider’s staff, Waiters has helped the Broncs to 45 wins, including 33 in league play. The Broncs have had five all-league selections, two All-MET honorees and a MAAC All-Tournament team pick.
In six seasons as an assistant coach at NJIT, Waiters helped lead the Highlanders to 83 victories, six All-Conference selections and three Conference All-Rookie Team honorees.
Waiters helped make NJIT history in the 2018-19 season with a 22-13 record, 11 road wins and 13 non-conference wins – all program records. NJIT’s ASUN Championship Quarterfinals win at Florida Gulf Coast marked the program’s first-ever ASUN tournament victory. The team earned its third CIT berth and advanced as far as the CIT quarterfinals following a first round win as second round bye as one of the top three seeds in the tournament. The 2018-19 season was the winningest in program history.
For the first time in program history, NJIT received its first AP Top-25 Poll vote on Dec. 10, 2018. The Highlanders received one vote for three consecutive weeks (Dec. 10-24).
The 2018-19 team earned multiple accolades for their performances on and off the court, including Abdul Lewis (Preseason All-ASUN, First Team All-ASUN), Zach Cooks (Second Team All-ASUN), Shyquan Gibbs (ASUN All-Academic Team, CoSIDA Academic All-District), Diandre Wilson (ASUN All-Tournament Team) and Reilly Walsh (Preseason Fan-Voted ASUN Defensive Player of the Year).
Individually, Lewis broke Tim Coleman’s all-time rebounds record (773), eclipsed 1,000 career points (1,015, NJIT & 232 South Alabama), reached 1,000 career rebounds (773, NJIT & 227, South Alabama), broke his own single-game rebounds record versus Jacksonville with 21 boards and set NJIT’s double-double record with 22 in his three seasons for the Highlanders. Cooks also added his name to the record books by tying Damon Lynn’s single-game scoring record (34 points) against Quinnipiac in the CIT First Round and averaged 17.6 ppg, third most in NJIT history.
Waiters also coached Damon Lynn for two seasons, who became the program's all-time leading scorer on Nov. 11, 2016, and finished his career with 2,153 points. He currently ranks fifth in Division-I history with 434 career three-pointers.
He also coached Tim Coleman for two seasons with NJIT as he finished as the program's all-time leading rebounder (762) and fourth all-time scorer (1,462). He departed the NCAA ranks as the only active Division-I player with at least 1,400 points, 750 rebounds, 225 assists (244), 150 steals (154) and 135 blocks (135).
In Waiters’ first year as an assistant in the 2015-16 season the Highlanders finished 20-15, earning its second consecutive CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) berth, advancing as far as the semifinals. In addition, NJIT scored their first-ever win over a BIG EAST Conference opponent when they topped St. John’s in December 2015.
Waiters got involved with coaching when he was an undergraduate at Robert Morris in Pennsylvania.
At Robert Morris, Waiters worked as a student assistant and, after graduating in 2011 with a bachelor's of Business Management, Waiters became the Director of Skills Camps at the Pocono Invitational, a prestigious overnight camp that began operation in 1963.
From the Pocono Invitational, Waiters headed to The Hoop Group, the largest basketball instruction organization in the world. Waiters directed 10 Premier Grassroots AAU team tournaments and 16 high school events featuring premier teams from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland.
