Mick Cronin (basketball)
Cronin with UCLA in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 138–63 (.687) |
| Annual salary | $4 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 17, 1971 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati ('97) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1996 | Woodward HS (assistant) |
| 1996–2001 | Cincinnati (assistant) |
| 2001–2003 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2003–2006 | Murray State |
| 2006–2019 | Cincinnati |
| 2019–present | UCLA |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 503–234 (.682) |
| Tournaments | 16–14 (NCAA Division I) 1–1 (NIT) 0–1 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division I Regional—Final Four (2021) 2 OVC tournament (2004, 2006) OVC regular season (2006) 2 AAC tournament (2018, 2019) 2 AAC regular season (2014, 2018) Pac-12 regular season (2023) | |
| Awards | |
| Sporting News Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year (2018) 2× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2020, 2023) AAC Coach of the Year (2014) OVC Coach of the Year (2006) | |
Michael Walter Cronin (born July 17, 1971) is an American men's college basketball coach who is the head coach at UCLA.
He was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his first season with the Bruins in the 2019–2020 season. The following year, his team went to the Final Four. Cronin arrived at UCLA having previously served as the head coach at the University of Cincinnati for 13 seasons. Cronin had been named the coach of the year of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in 2014 and guided Bearcats' program to nine straight NCAA tournament appearances (through 2018–19). Prior to joining Cincinnati in 2006, he coached the Murray State Racers from 2003 to 2006.