&sq=&lang=&file=File:Mick_Cronin_UCLA.jpg) Cronin with UCLA in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 115–53 (.685) |
| Annual salary | $4 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 17, 1971 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| 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 | 480–224 (.682) |
| Tournaments | 15–14 (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 | |
| 2× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2020, 2023) Sporting News Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year (2018) AAC Coach of the Year (2014) OVC Coach of the Year (2006) | |
Michael Walter Cronin (born July 17, 1971)[2] is an American men's college basketball coach who is the head coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Big Ten Conference.
Cronin was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his first season with the Bruins in 2019–20. The following year, his team went to the Final Four. Cronin arrived at UCLA having previously served as the head coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats 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.
- ^ "Player Bio: Mick Cronin". Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ Cronin preps UC for future Cincinnati Enquirer. 2 May 1999.[dead link]