Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Mike Brey still plans to leave the Fighting Irish at the end of the season, but reports of his retirement appear to be premature.
The school announced in January that the winningest coach in program history step away from the program at the end of the 2022-2023 campaign. This is Brey’s 23rd season, and it’s been a difficult one. The Fighting Irish enter Monday at 10-15 overall with a 2-12 record in ACC play.
Only Georgia Tech (9-16, 2-13) and Louisville are behind Notre Dame in the 15-team conference.
“It has been a great run for me and our program over the past two decades, but it is time for a new voice to lead this group into the future,” Brey said in January. “I want to thank our student-athletes, assistant coaches and support staff who have played such a key role in the culture we have created.”
Since taking over the Blue and Gold, Brey has led the team to 13 NCAA Tournament berths, including three Elite Eight appearances. The 63-year-old spent five seasons at the University of Delaware from 1995 to 2000 before joining Notre Dame, earning two trips to the NCAA Tournament and being named the 1997-1998 AEC Coach of the Year.
Brey was the Big East Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons from 2006 to 2008 and again during the 2010-2011 campaign. He was also the AP Coach of the Year that season, a year in which the Fighting Irish finished 27-7 and ranked fifth in the country.
With six games left in the team’s regular season, Brey has a career mark of 581-326 (.641 winning percentage).
