Mike MacDonald (basketball)

Mike MacDonald is an American basketball coach, currently serving as the head men's basketball coach at Daemen College. He previously served as head basketball coach at Canisius College from 1997 to 2006,[1][2][3][4][5][6] and at Medaille College from 2006 to 2014.[7] MacDonald has an all-time career record of 316–255. MacDonald was named head men's basketball coach at Daemen College on September 16, 2014.[8][9]

Mike MacDonald

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Daemen
Conference	ECC
Record	105–43
Biographical details
Alma mater	St. Bonaventure University, Canisius College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990	Canisius (GA)
1990–1997	Canisius (assistant)
1997–2006	Canisius
2006–2014	Medaille
2014–present	Daemen
Head coaching record
Overall	362–269

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Canisius Golden Griffins (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1997–2006)
1997–98	Canisius	13–14	9–9
1998–99	Canisius	15–12	11–7
1999–00	Canisius	10–20	8–10
2000–01	Canisius	20–11	9–9
2001–02	Canisius	10–20	5–13
2002–03	Canisius	10–18	6–12
2003–04	Canisius	10–20	5–13
2004–05	Canisius	11–18	8–10
2005–06	Canisius	9–20	6–12
Canisius:		108–153 (.414)	67–95 (.414)
Medaille Mavericks (Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference) (2006–2014)
2006–07	Medaille	11–14	7–11	7th
2007–08	Medaille	15–13	9–9	6th
2008–09	Medaille	21–7	14–4	1st	NCAA Division III First round
2009–10	Medaille	24–5	16–4	1st	NCAA Division III Second round
2010–11	Medaille	21–8	15–3	3rd
2011–12	Medaille	25–3	17–1	1st	NCAA Division III First round
2012–13	Medaille	18–11	13–5	T-3rd
2013–14	Medaille	14–12	13–5	T-2nd
Medaille:		149–73 (.671)	104–42 (.712)
Daemen Wildcats (East Coast Conference) (2014–present)
2014–15	Daemen	21–10	13–7
2015–16	Daemen	19–10	14–6
2016–17	Daemen	19–9	12–6
2017–18	Daemen	22–8	15–3	[10]
2018–19	Daemen	24–6	16–2	[11]	NCAA Division II Regionals
Daemen:		105–43 (.709)	70–24 (.745)
Total:		362–269 (.574)
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. Harrington, Mike (January 31, 2005). "MacDonald improves his odds of staying as Canisius coach". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
2. Murray, Pat (March 8, 2006). "Canisius fires Mike MacDonald". Niagara Gazette. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
3. "MacDonald gets extension from Canisius". UPI. March 28, 2001. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
4. "MacDonald out as Canisius hoops coach". Buffalo Business First. March 9, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
5. Wojnarowski, Adrian (December 22, 2004). "Canisius keeps BU trip despite Jones' death". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
6. Lukow, David B. "Young MacDonald". bestofwny.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
7. Lenzi, Rachel (November 23, 2019). "For more than 30 years, Mike MacDonald has been a mainstay on Buffalo's college basketball scene". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
8. "Ex-Canisius hoops coach exits Medaille for Daemen". Buffalo Business First. September 15, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
9. Vesey, Steve (September 15, 2014). "Daemen hires ex-Canisius coach MacDonald". WIVB. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
10. https://daemenwildcats.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=156
11. https://daemenwildcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

External links

• Daemen profile
• Medaille profile
• Canisius profile