Mike DeGeorge

Michael E. DeGeorge (born January 3, 1970) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs. He played college basketball for the Monmouth Fighting Scots and has previously coached the Beloit Buccaneers, Lawrence Vikings, Grinnell Pioneers, Eureka Red Devils, Cornell, Rhodes Lynx and Colorado Mesa Mavericks.

Early life DeGeorge was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of coach Ed DeGeorge. He grew up in Wisconsin. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Monmouth in 1992 and later received a master's degree from Viterbo University in 1999. Prior to his coaching career, DeGeorge spent two years as a teacher, first at Marmion Academy in 1992, and then at Durand High School in 1993, both schools in Illinois.

Coaching career DeGeorge began his coaching career as an assistant with the Beloit College basketball team for head coach Knapton in the 1993–94 season.

DeGeorge was hired as the head coach of the Rhodes Lynx in 2010.

In 2018, DeGeorge became the head coach of the Division II Colorado Mesa Mavericks. They had won 19 games total in the two seasons before his arrival, but he led them to 19 wins in his first season there. He ultimately served six seasons with the Mavericks and reached five NCAA tournaments while having an average of 23 wins per season; DeGeorge was the RMAC and NCAA West Region Coach of the Year in 2020–21 (when he helped Colorado Mesa finish the regular season ranked first nationally) and received the RMAC Coach of the Year award a second time for the 2022–23 season.

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