Mike Brennan (basketball)

Mike Brennan
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team American
Conference Patriot League
Record 63–94 (.401)
Biographical details
Born (1972-05-18) May 18, 1972
Playing career
1991–1994 Princeton
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996 Columbia (vol. asst.)
2000–2007 Princeton (assistant)
2007–2009 American (assistant)
2009–2013 Georgetown (assistant)
2013–present American
Head coaching record
Overall 63–94 (.401)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League Tournament (2014)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2014)

Mike Brennan (born May 18, 1972) is the college basketball head coach for American University and former professional European basketball player who played for teams in Belgium and Portugal. He previously served as an assistant coach for Columbia University, Georgetown University, Princeton University and American University.[1]

Assistant coaching career

Brennan was a volunteer assistant coach at Columbia University for one year then served as an assistant coach for Princeton University from 2000 to 2007. After being the assistant coach of Princeton, he became the assistant coach of AU from 2007 to 2009. The next four years he served as an assistant coach for Georgetown University. His overall record as an assistant coach was 252–163.

Head coaching career

Brennan was named the head coach of AU in April 2013.[2] In his first season with the Eagles, Brennan led them to a second place regular-season finish in the Patriot League, a Championship in the Patriot League Tournament, and a bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament after being picked to finish just ninth in the Patriot League in the preseason poll. He was named 2014 Patriot League Coach of the Year based on this turnaround.[3]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
American Eagles (Patriot League) (2013–present)
2013–14 American 20–1313–52ndNCAA 2nd Round
2014–15 American 17–168–10T–6th
2015–16 American 12–199–9T–4th
2016–17 American 8–225–13T–9th
2017–18 American 6–243–1510th
American: 63–94 (.401)38–52 (.422)
Total:63–94 (.401)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "American set to hire Georgetown assistant Mike Brennan April 30, 2013". CBSsports.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Mike Brennan Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". American University. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  3. ↑ "2013-14 Men's Basketball All-Patriot League Team and Major Awards Announced". Patriot League. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
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