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Michael Richard Brennan (born May 18, 1972)[1] is the college basketball head coach for American University and 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]

Mike Brennan

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	American
Conference	Patriot League
Record	108–150 (.419)
Biographical details
Born	(1972-05-18) May 18, 1972 (age 50) Elizabeth, New Jersey
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	108–150 (.419)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League tournament (2014)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2014)

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]

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
2020–21	American	4–5	4–6	2nd
2021–22	American	10–22	5–13	10th
American:		108–150 (.419)	68–86 (.442)
Total:		108–150 (.419)
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

References

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