Mike Brennan (basketball)

Last updated
Mike Brennan
Current position
Title Assistant coach
Team Loyola (MD)
Conference Patriot
Biographical details
Born (1972-05-18) May 18, 1972 (age 52)
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
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)
2013–2023American
2023–present Loyola (MD) (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall125–165 (.431)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League tournament (2014)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2014)

Michael Richard Brennan (born May 18, 1972) [1] is an American college basketball coach. He was head coach of American University and is also a former professional European basketball player who played for teams in Germany, [2] Belgium and Portugal. He previously served as an assistant coach for Columbia University, Georgetown University, Princeton University and American University. [3] Brennan also holds an Irish passport. [4]

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Playing career

Brennan won two Ivy League titles with the Princeton Tigers men's basketball. He played for the Tigers between 1990 and 1994, averaging 5.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. [5] Professionally, he spent time in the German Basketball Bundesliga (at Bayer Leverkusen in 1996–97 and Braunschweig in 1997–98), [2] Belgium (at Pepinster in 1998–99) [4] and Portugal.

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. [6] 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. [7] On March 9, 2023, Brennan was fired following a March 5 double overtime loss in Patriot League semifinals. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
American Eagles (Patriot League)(2013–2023)
2013–14 American 20–1313–52nd NCAA Round of 64
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
2018–19 American 15–159–94th
2019–20 American 16–1412–6T–2nd
2020–21 American 4–64–52nd (South)
2021–22 American 10–225–1310th
2022–23 American 17–157–11T–6th
American:125–166 (.430)74–96 (.435)
Total:125–166 (.430)

      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

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