List of Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball head coaches

Jim Phelan, the winningest head coach in Mountaineers men's basketball history.

The following is a list of Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 22 head coaches of the Mountaineers in their 114-season history.^[1]

Mount St. Mary's' current head coach is Dan Engelstad. He was hired as the Mountaineers' head coach in May 2018,^[2] replacing Jamion Christian, who left to become the head coach at Siena.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1908–1909	William Walsh	1	1–0	1.000
2	1909–1910	Al Barrett	8	21–73	.223
3	1910–1911	Francis Liddy	1	7–4	.636
4	1911–1913 1917–1920	Mike Thompson	5	42–22	.656
5	1913–1917	John L. Day	4	40–22	.645
6	1920–1921	Charles A. Dickerman	1	10–2	.833
7	1921–1923	John Sheridan	2	28–12	.700
8	1923–1924	Walter Halas	1	16–5	.762
9	1924–1935 1938–1941	Art Malloy	14	155–117	.570
10	1935–1937	Joe Lawler	2	23–15	.605
11	1937–1938	Joseph H. McCormick	1	12–2	.857
12	1941–1947[a] 1948*	Wally Opekun	6	50–34	.595
13	1947–1948[b]	Steve Filipowicz	1	7–8	.467
14	1948–1949	Michael Kennedy	1	10–10	.500
15	1949–1950	John McMahon	1	7–15	.318
16	1950–1951	Pete Caruso	1	19–13	.594
17	1951–1954	Bill Clarke	3	40–34	.541
18	1954–2003	Jim Phelan	49	830–524	.613
19	2003–2010	Milan Brown	7	95–120	.442
20	2010–2012[c]	Robert Burke	2	17–40	.298
–	2012*	Matt Henry	1	2–2	.500
21	2012–2018	Jamion Christian	6	101–95	.515
22	2018–2024	Dan Engelstad	6	72–109	.398
22	2024–present	Donny Lind		–	–
Totals		23 coaches	114 seasons	1,575–1,189	.570
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source[1]

1. Mount St. Mary's did not field a team for the 1942–43 season due to World War II.
2. Filipowicz resigned in February 1948 to return to professional baseball. Wally Opekun served as interim head coach for the remainder of the 1947–48 season.
3. Burke was placed on administrative leave in February 2012. Matt Henry was named interim head coach while Burke was away.^[4] Burke resigned at the end of the 2011–12 season.^[5]

References

1. "Mount St. Mary's Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Mount St. Mary's Athletics. p. 18. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
2. Swatek, Greg (May 10, 2018). "Mount taps Engelstad as men's hoops coach". Frederick News-Post. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
3. "Siena hires Jamion Christian as men's basketball coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 2, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
4. "Mount St. Mary's basketball coach Robert Burke placed on administrative leave". The Baltimore Sun. February 15, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
5. "Mount St. Mary's accepts resignation of basketball coach Robert Burke". The Baltimore Sun. March 5, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2023.