Mike Carey (basketball)
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| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | West Virginia |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 346–182 (.655) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 4, 1958 Clarksburg, West Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1980 | Salem International University |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980–1983 | Flemington HS (boys' varsity) |
| 1983–1987 | Liberty HS |
| 1987–1988 | Salem (men's asst.) |
| 1988–2001 | Salem / Salem-Teikyo (men's) |
| 2001–present | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 634–284 (.691) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| WVIAC Freshman of the year (1977) 2× Big East Coach of the Year (2004, 2010) |
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Michael Alan Carey (born July 4, 1958) is the current head coach of the West Virginia University women's basketball team. He had previously served as head basketball coach for the Salem International University men's basketball team.
Carey played basketball for Salem International University, earning a letter in each of his four years at the school. In his freshman year, he was named the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference freshman of the year, an honor his son would win in 2006.
Born and raised in in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Carey was active in three sports while attending Liberty High School.
Carey played basketball each of his four years at Salem. He was named the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(WVIAC) freshman of the year in 1977. He went on to be the conference scoring leader in 1978, and earned MVP honors for Salem in 1979. In that year, he was also named to the WVIAC all-conference team. In his four years at Salem, he scored over 2,000 points. Carey was named to the Salem Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
After graduating from Salem in 1980 with a degree in physical education, Carey was offered a position to be an assistant coach of the boys' team at the high school Flemington, West Virginia. Carey was interested, but the job offer came with a catch. He also had to be the head coach of the girls' team. He accepted the offer. He went on to coach girls' basketball at the high school level for seven years, in Flemington and at Liberty High School in Clarksburg, West Virginia. In his final year as high school coach, he earned coach of the year honors from Harrison County and coached the team to the regional finals.
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