Mike Maker | |
Current Title: | Assistant Coach |
Current Team: | St. Thomas |
Current Conference: | Summit League |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1965 |
Birth Place: | Salinas, California |
Player Years1: | 1984–1986 |
Player Team1: | Hartnell |
Player Years2: | 1986–1988 |
Player Team2: | California Baptist |
Coach Years1: | 1988–1990 |
Coach Team1: | California Baptist (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1990–1991 |
Coach Team2: | Hartnell (women's HC) |
Coach Years3: | 1991–2002 |
Coach Team3: | Dartmouth (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2002–2005 |
Coach Team4: | Samford (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 2005–2007 |
Coach Team5: | West Virginia (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 2007–2008 |
Coach Team6: | Creighton (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 2008–2014 |
Coach Team7: | Williams |
Coach Years8: | 2014–2018 |
Coach Team8: | Marist |
Coach Years9: | 2021–present |
Coach Team9: | St. Thomas (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 175–129 |
Championships: | 2× NESCAC regular season (2010, 2011) NESCAC Tournament (2010) |
Michael Jon Maker (born November 9, 1965) is the former head coach of Marist College men's basketball.[1] [2]
After a playing career at California Baptist University, Maker joined the staff of his alma mater as an assistant and junior varsity head coach, a position he held for two seasons. In 1990, he spent one season as the head women's basketball coach at Hartnell College before moving on to Dartmouth, where he served as an assistant from 1991 to 2002. Maker also had stops at Samford, West Virginia, and Creighton as an assistant before landing the men's head coaching job at Division III Williams College.
In his six seasons at Williams, Maker guided the Ephs to a 147–32 record (.821 winning percentage), and three Final Four appearances, including the title game in 2010 and 2014.
On June 17, 2014, Maker was named the 11th head coach in Marist basketball history, replacing Jeff Bower, who left to become the general manager of the NBA's Detroit Pistons. After a 28-97 record over four seasons, Maker was fired from Marist in 2018. Maker was named an assistant coach at St. Thomas on April 1, 2021 as the school transitions to Division I status for the 2021–22 season.[3]