Mike Brennan (basketball)
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]
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | American |
Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 94–123 (.433) |
Biographical details | |
Born | 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 | 94–123 (.433) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Patriot League Tournament (2014) | |
Awards | |
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2014) |
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 | 20–13 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
2014–15 | American | 17–16 | 8–10 | T–6th | |||||
2015–16 | American | 12–19 | 9–9 | T–4th | |||||
2016–17 | American | 8–22 | 5–13 | T–9th | |||||
2017–18 | American | 6–24 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
2018–19 | American | 15–15 | 9–9 | 4th | |||||
2019–20 | American | 16–14 | 12–6 | T–2nd | |||||
American: | 94–123 (.433) | 61–67 (.477) | |||||||
Total: | 94–123 (.433) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
|
References
- "American set to hire Georgetown assistant Mike Brennan April 30, 2013". CBSsports.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
- "Mike Brennan Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". American University. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- "2013-14 Men's Basketball All-Patriot League Team and Major Awards Announced". Patriot League. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2014.