Mike DeGeorge
Mike DeGeorge (born January 3, 1970)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Cal Poly Mustangs
Current conference: Big West Conference
Eureka record: 32-70 (.314)
Cornell College record: 47-82 (.364)
Rhodes record: 116-96 (.547)
Colorado Mesa record: 141-43 (.766)
Cal Poly record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record^: 336-291 (.536)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big West Regular Season Champion: 0
- RMAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (2021, 2023, 2024)
- SAA (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 3 (2013, 2014, 2017)
- Big West Tournament Champion: 0
- RMAC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 2 (2020, 2021)
- SAA (Div III) Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
- IIAC (Div III) Tournament Champion: 1 (2009)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 5 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 2 (2009, 2017)
Awards:
- RMAC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 2 (2021, 2023)
- SAA (Div III) Coach of the Year: 1 (2017)
- IIAC (Div III) Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Cal Poly |
| 2018-2024 | Colorado Mesa |
| 2010-2018 | Rhodes |
| 2004-2009 | Cornell College |
| 2000-2004 | Eureka |
| 1999-2000 | Grinnell (asst) |
| 1994-1999 | Lawrence (asst) |
| 1993-1994 | Beloit (asst) |
Mike DeGeorge Facts
- Michael E. DeGeorge
- Born January 3, 1970
- Hometown: Beloit, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: Monmouth College (BS, 1992) / Viterbo University (MA, 1999)
- The son of college football coach Ed DeGeorge, Mike was born in Colorado Springs where Ed was the DC at Colorado College
- His father was head coach at Beloit College (WI) from 1977-2005 and it was in Beloit where Mike grew up and went to high school
- Played basketball and golf at Monmouth College (IL), helping lead his team to two D-III NCAA Tournament appearances in the former
- First coaching job was back at D-III Beloit, where we was an assistant for head coach Bill Knapton during the 1993-94 season
- Next up was a five-year stint assisting John Tharp at D-III Lawrence (WI) and one year under David Arseneault at D-III Grinnell (IA)
- Got his first head coaching opportunity in 2000, when he was hired to take over at D-III Eureka College (IL)
- Built the program up from just 2 wins in his first season to a 17-10 record in year four; went 32-70 overall
- Moved on to D-III Cornell College (IA) in 2004, leading the Rams for the next five years
- Went 47-82 overall, again building up from single-digit win seasons to a 21-7 record, IIAC title and NCAA bid in year five
- Served as head coach at D-III Rhodes College in Memphis for eight seasons, going 119-96 overall and winning three SAA titles
- Won the SAA Tournament in 2017 to earn an automatic bid to the D-III NCAA Tournament
- Moved up to the Division II level in 2018, becoming the head coach at Colorado Mesa
- Ran a RMAC powerhouse at CMU, winning three titles and two tournaments in six years
- Went 141-43 overall during his tenure with five consecutive trips to the D-II NCAA Tournament (2020-24)
- Got his first D-I head coaching job in March 2024, when he was hired to take over at Cal Poly in the Big West
Mike DeGeorge Coaching Tree
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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels