| Mitch Buonaguro | |
| Current Title: | Consultant |
| Current Team: | Saint Rose |
| Current Conference: | Northeast-10 Conference |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1971–1975 |
| Player Team1: | Boston College |
| Coach Years1: | 1975–1977 |
| Coach Team1: | Boston College (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1977–1985 |
| Coach Team2: | Villanova (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1985–1991 |
| Coach Team3: | Fairfield |
| Coach Years4: | 1991–1996 |
| Coach Team4: | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1996–2003 |
| Coach Team5: | Cleveland State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2005 |
| Coach Team6: | UNC Greensboro (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2005–2010 |
| Coach Team7: | Siena (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2010–2013 |
| Coach Team8: | Siena |
| Coach Years9: | 2015–2019 |
| Coach Team9: | Fairfield (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2019–present |
| Coach Team10: | Saint Rose (consultant) |
| Overall Record: | 107–162 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–2 (NCAA Division I) |
| Championships: | MAAC regular season (1986) 2 MAAC tournament (1986, 1987) |
| Awards: | MAAC Coach of the Year (1986) |
Mitch Buonaguro (born December 4, 1953) is an American college basketball coach and current consultant at Saint Rose.
Buonaguro was an assistant coach under Rollie Massimino for the national champion 1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team.
Buonaguro was the head coach at Fairfield University from 1985 to 1991. During his first season, he coached the Stags to its first MAAC Championship, first berth in NCAA tournament where the Stags faced the Illinois Fighting Illini in the first round; and ended the year with a 24–7 record, the most wins in school history. As a result, his MAAC coaching peers recognized him as the 1985–86 MAAC Coach of the Year. The following season, Buonaguro coached Fairfield through an injury-plagued season to mount an improbable run to its second consecutive MAAC Championship and to earn its second consecutive bid to the NCAA tournament where the Stags faced the top-seeded and eventual national champion Indiana Hoosiers in the first round.
Buonaguro was named the 15th head coach in Siena history on April 8, 2010, after being the lead assistant coach at Siena the past five years for previous coach Fran McCaffery.[1] After posting a 35–59 record in three seasons Buonaguro was dismissed from Siena on March 12, 2013.[2]
In April 2015, Buonaguro re-joined Fairfield as an assistant.[3] Buonaguro was led go from Fairfield in 2019 after head coach Sydney Johnson was fired. Buonaguro became a special consultant for Saint Rose's men's and women's basketball teams.[4]