Mick Cronin (basketball)
| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Cincinnati |
| Conference | The American |
| Record | 231–132 (.636) |
| Annual salary | $2.2 Million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 17, 1971 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1996 | Woodward HS (asst.) |
| 1996–2001 | Cincinnati (asst.) |
| 2001–2003 | Louisville (asst.) |
| 2003–2006 | Murray State |
| 2006–present | Cincinnati |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 300–156 (.656) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× OVC Tournament championship (2004, 2006) OVC regular season championship (2006) AAC regular season championship (2014) |
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| Awards | |
| OVC Coach of the Year (2006) AAC Coach of the Year (2014) |
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Michael Walter "Mick" Cronin (born July 17, 1971) is the current head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team.
Mick Cronin grew up on the west side of Cincinnati, the son of Peggy and Harold "Hep" Cronin. Mick was one of three children along with brother, Dan, and sister, Kelly. Hep Cronin was a high school coach with more than 400 career wins—around the gyms of Cincinnati. Not only did his father coach basketball, he also was a teacher, a baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves and an employee at River Downs race track during the summers.
Attending La Salle High School, the five-foot, seven-inch Cronin, playing for his dad, earned all-city honors in basketball at LaSalle. He led the city in assists and was second in 3-point shooting percentage during the 1989–90 season. A knee injury near the end of his junior season ended his playing career.
As a student at the University of Cincinnati, while accompanying his dad to scout a Cincinnati Woodward High School game, Mick was offered a job coaching the freshman team and assisting with the varsity by then-Bulldogs coach Jim Leon. From 1991 to 1996, he served as a varsity assistant coach and junior varsity coach at Woodward High. Cronin compiled a 57-3 record in three seasons as JV coach, and as a varsity aide, Woodward claimed three city championships. While at Woodward, Cronin helped develop six players who went on to play Division I college basketball, including former University of Louisville players Eric Johnson and Dion Edwards, and former Cincinnati guard Damon Flint.
He received a bachelor of science degree in history from the University of Cincinnati in 1996.
In the spring of 1996, Cronin coached the East team in the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic. He was director of the 1994 Pittsburgh high school Roundball Classic national all-star game. Cronin has coached and served on the selection committee for the Adidas camp and spent four summers on the staff of the Five-Star Teaching Camp.
He took his first college coaching job as a video coordinator under Bob Huggins at the University of Cincinnati in 1996–97, and the following season was elevated to assistant coach, a post he held at UC until 2001. Cronin built a reputation for his ability to evaluate and recruit top talent; at UC as an assistant for Huggins from 1997 to 2001, Cronin recruits included NBA Draft selections Steve Logan (Golden State Warriors), DerMarr Johnson (Atlanta Hawks), Pete Mickeal and Kenny Satterfield (both drafted by the Dallas Mavericks), and Jason Maxiell (Detroit Pistons).
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