Chris Mack
Chris Mack (born December 30, 1969)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: College of Charleston Cougars
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Xavier record: 215-97 (.689)
Louisville record: 68-37 (.648)
College of Charleston: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 283-134 (.679)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 4 (2010, 2012, 2015, 2017)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 1 (2018)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 2 (2010, 2011)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Henry Iba Award: 1 (2016)
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year: 1 (2011)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | College of Charleston |
| 2018-2022 | Louisville |
| 2009-2018 | Xavier |
| 2004-2009 | Xavier (asst) |
| 2001-2004 | Wake Forest (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Xavier (DBO) |
Chris Mack Facts
- Christopher Lee Mack
- Born December 30, 1969
- Hometown: North College Hill, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Xavier University (BA, 1992)
- Played for two seasons for Jim Crews at Evansville and then two seasons for Pete Gillen at Xavier, graduating from XU in 1993
- First coaching jobs were at McAuley HS and Mount Notre Dame HS, both in the Cincinnati area
- Spent five seasons on the staff of the late Skip Prosser – two as DBO at Xavier and three as an assistant at Wake Forest
- Prosser was a Xavier assistant when Mack played for the Musketeers
- Was an assistant to Sean Miller at Xavier for five seasons before taking over as head coach in 2009
- Led the Musketeers to eight NCAA Tournaments in nine years, including a trip to the 2017 Elite Eight
- Won three conference regular season titles (two Atlantic 10 and one Big East)
- Signed a seven-year deal in March 2018 to become the head coach at Louisville
- Through three and a half seasons, Mack was 68-37 with the Cardinals
- In January 2022, Mack and Louisville reached a separation agreement ending his tenure as head coach
- Hired in April 2024 to be the new head coach at College of Charleston, replacing his own former assistant, Pat Kelsey
Chris Mack Coaching Tree
- Kahil Fennell (UTRGV)
- Pat Kelsey (Louisville, College of Charleston, Winthrop)
- Mike Pegues (Louisville)
- Kareem Richardson (UMKC)
- Travis Steele (Miami OH, Xavier)
