Mike Brennan
Mike Brennan (born May 18, 1972)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Cornell Big Red (Head coach: Jon Jaques)
Current conference: Ivy League
Teams coached: American Eagles
American record: 125-166 (.430)
Overall record: 125-166 (.430)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2014)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 1 (2014)
Awards:
- Patriot League Coach of the Year: 1 (2014)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Cornell (asst) |
| 2023-2024 | Loyola (MD) (asst) |
| 2013-2023 | American |
| 2009-2013 | Georgetown (asst) |
| 2007-2009 | American (asst) |
| 2000-2007 | Princeton (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Columbia (asst) |
Mike Brennan Facts
- Mike Brennan
- Born May 18, 1972
- Hometown: Bayonne, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Princeton University (BA, 1994)
- Played four years at Princeton under head coach Hall of Fame head coach Pete Carril
- Worked one year as a volunteer assistant at Columbia under Armond Hill before spending time playing professionally in Germany, Belgium and Portugal
- Was an assistant at Princeton for seven seasons, first under Bill Carmody and then under John Thompson III
- After two seasons as an assistant to Jeff Jones at American, reunited with Thompson for four years as a Georgetown assistant
- Hired as the head coach at American in 2013, leading the Eagles to a Patriot League Tournament title and NCAA berth in his first season
- Went 125-166 over ten full seasons as the head coach, but never returned to the postseason after 2014
- Brennan was fired in March 2023 following a 17-15 season, just his fourth winning campaign at AU
- Joined the coaching staff at Loyola (MD) in July 2023 as an assistant under head coach Tavaras Hardy
- Announced in May 2024 as the lead assistant at Cornell under new head coach Jon Jaques
Mike Brennan Coaching Tree
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