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Michael Schwartz (basketball, born 1976)

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Michael "Mike" Schwartz
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamEast Carolina
ConferenceAmerican
Record31–35 (.470)
Biographical details
Born (1976-09-25) September 25, 1976 (age 48)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Playing career
1997–1998Sonoma State
1998–1999Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001Texas (GA)
2001–2002Long Beach State (video)
2002–2004Texas (video)
2004–2005UTSA (assistant)
2005–2007Miami (FL) (DBO)
2007–2011Miami (FL) (assistant)
2011–2015Fresno State (assistant)
2015–2016Tulsa (assistant)
2016–2022Tennessee (assistant)
2022–presentEast Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall31–35 (.470)

Michael Schwartz (born September 25, 1976) is an American basketball coach and head coach of the East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team.[1]

Playing career

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Schwartz played high school basketball at Beverly Hills High School, and his first two seasons of college basketball at Division II Sonoma State.[2] He would then transfer to Texas to play for Rick Barnes during the 1998–99 season, appearing in one game of the Longhorns' Big 12 regular-season title winning team.[3]

Coaching career

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After graduation, Schwartz remained with the Longhorns as a graduate assistant, before making a one-year stop at Long Beach State as a video coach. He'd return to Texas in the same capacity before landing his first full-time assistant coaching position at UTSA.[2] Schwartz would then move on to Miami in an administrative role under Frank Haith before being elevated to assistant coach. In 2011, he'd accept an assistant coaching position at Fresno State from 2011 to 2015.[4] Schwartz would reunite with Haith at Tulsa for one season in 2015 before joining Barnes at Tennessee where he was on staff for the Volunteers' 2017–18 SEC regular season title, four NCAA tournament appearances, and a 2022 SEC tournament title.[5][2]

On March 16, 2022, Schwartz was named head coach at East Carolina, replacing Joe Dooley.[1][6]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
East Carolina Pirates (American Athletic Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 East Carolina 16–17 6–12 9th
2023–24 East Carolina 15–18 7–11 T–8th
East Carolina: 31–35 (.470) 13–23 (.361)
Total: 31–35 (.470)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ a b "Schwartz Named Men's Basketball Head Coach". East Carolina University Athletics.
  2. ^ a b c "Michael Schwartz - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Tennessee Athletics.
  3. ^ "Michael Schwartz College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "Michael Schwartz - Men's Basketball Coach". Fresno State.
  5. ^ "Michael Schwartz - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Tulsa Athletics.
  6. ^ "E. Carolina selects Vols asst. Schwartz as coach". ESPN.com. March 17, 2022.