Mike Brennan (basketball)

Mike Brennan

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	American
Conference	Patriot League
Record	94–123 (.433)
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 (assistant)
2007–2009	American (assistant)
2009–2013	Georgetown (assistant)
2013–present	American
Head coaching record
Overall	94–123 (.433)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League Tournament (2014)
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.

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. 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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
American Eagles (Patriot League) (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	8–22	5–13	T–9th
2017–18	American	6–24	3–15	10th
2018–19	American	15–15	9–9	4th
2019–20	American	16–14	12–6	T–2nd
American:		94–123 (.433)	61–67 (.477)
Total:		94–123 (.433)
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