Mike Brennan (basketball)

Mike Brennan
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	American
Conference	Patriot League
Record	49–52 (.485)
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 (asst.)
2007–2009	American (asst.)
2009–2013	Georgetown (asst.)
2013–present	American
Head coaching record
Overall	49–52 (.485)
Accomplishments and honors
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 2000-2007. After being the assistant coach of Princeton, he became the assistant coach of AU from 2007-2009. 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 (Patriot) (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	0–4	0–0
American:		49–52 (.485)	30–24 (.556)
Total:		49–52 (.485)
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

↑ "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. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

American Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Springston (1926–1929)
Walter Young (1929–1936)
Paul Smith (1936–1937)
Stafford Cassell (1937–1942)
Cal Kalijarvi (1942–1944)
Arthur Boyd (1944–1946)
Stafford Cassell (1946–1952)
Dutch Schulze (1952–1956)
David Carrasco (1956–1962)
Jimmy Williams (1962–1965)
Alan Kyber (1965–1969)
Tom Young (1969–1973)
Jim Lynam (1973–1978)
Gary Williams (1978–1982)
Ed Tapscott (1982–1990)
Chris Knoche (1990–1997)
Art Perry (1997–2000)
Jeff Jones (2000–2013)
Mike Brennan (2013– )

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Patriot League

Mike Brennan (American) Jimmy Allen (Army) Joe Jones (Boston University) Nathan Davis (Bucknell) Matt Langel (Colgate) Bill Carmody (Holy Cross) Fran O'Hanlon (Lafayette) Brett Reed (Lehigh) G. G. Smith (Loyola) Ed DeChellis (Navy)

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