Mike Brey Is Retiring As Notre Dame Men's Basketball Head Coach Following 2022-2023 Season
As Head Coach of Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Mike Brey has accumulated 472 wins at Notre Dame and 571 in his career. His 472 ND victories ranks sixth among NCAA active coaches for wins at current Division I school. Overall, his 571 career wins ranks 17th among active Division I head coaches.
Brey has led the Irish through the program’s most sustained period of excellence since his hiring in July 2000. Under his leadership, Notre Dame has competed in the postseason 18 of 21 seasons with 13 NCAA tournament berths, three Sweet 16 trips, two Elite Eight appearances and a 2015 ACC Championship.
The Irish have sustained a lot of success over the last decade. Notre Dame was the only school in the nation to make back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championship Elite Eight at the end of the 2015 and 2016 seasons, claimed an Atlantic Coast Conference title in 2015 and has made two ACC title game appearances since joining the league at the start of the 2013-14 season.
Mike Brey is coming off a big year in which the 2021-22 squad put Notre Dame back in the spotlight, finishing 2nd in the ACC with a 15-5 mark and earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. With two victories in the Big Dance, Brey now boasts 15 for his career at Notre Dame, which ties Digger Phelps for the most. Brey also recruited his first one-and-done in Blake Wesley, who was drafted in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft. The recruiting momentum continued with landing the 15th best class in the country and the program’s highest-ranked recruit ever in JJ Starling.Notre Dame finished in the top five of the final BIG EAST conference standings eight times in 13 seasons, advancing to the conference tournament semifinals six times. Brey finished his time in the BIG EAST Conference fourth on the all-time wins list (he is currently tied for fifth).
Notre Dame moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2013-14 season and after a single season of adjustment, Brey quickly established that the Irish were ready to compete in the best basketball conference in the nation.
The 2014-15 team compiled a program-best 32-6 overall record, eventually advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight. It was on ‘Tobacco Road,’ however, that the Irish announced their presence to the new league by defeating Miami (FL), Duke and North Carolina in the Greensboro Coliseum to claim the 2015 ACC Championship.
Since that first 2015 ACC crown, Notre Dame appeared in the conference tournament final (2017) and semifinal (2016) to further reinforce its position as a yearly contender.
In 2011, Mike Brey was the recipient of both the Associated Press and the Henry Iba/USBWA National Coach of the Year award after leading the Irish to a 27-7 record, perfect 17-0 record at home and finishing second in the BIG EAST. Brey also was named the BIG EAST Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008.
“According to Mike Brey biography on und.com”
Mike Brey is retiring as Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Head Coach following 2022-2023 season.
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Notre Dame isn’t the only coaching Mike Brey as his coaching career started as Assistant Coach to Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski who retired as Head Coach of Duke following 2021-2022 season. While an Assistant Coach for Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski for eight seasons Duke advanced to Devils advanced to the Final Four six times and won back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992.
Following eight seasons as Assistant Coach to Mike Krzyzewski Mike Brey became Head Coach of Delaware where he compiled a 99-52 mark from 1995-2000 and won America East Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1998.
“According to Mike Brey biography on und.com”
Following announcing his retirement as Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Head Coach following the conclusion of 2022-2023 season Mike Brey had this to say!
“It has been a great run for me and our program over the past two decades, but it is time for a new voice to lead this group into the future, “I want to thank our student-athletes, assistant coaches and support staff who have played such a key role in the culture we have created.”
From Fr. Malloy hiring me, to Fr. Jenkins’ guidance and Jack’s (Swarbrick) friendship, I leave this place with immense gratitude to the University and I’m proud of everything we’ve accomplished together. I look forward to working with Jack in any role that can help the Notre Dame family.”
“According to article on und.com”