Mike Moran (basketball)
Head Coach
Phone: 4505
Email:
mmoran@jcu.edu
Mike Moran has been the highly successful mentor of the John Carroll University men's basketball program since assuming those duties on May 29, 1992.
In 17 years of basketball under Moran, the Blue Streaks have won eight Ohio Athletic Conference regular season championships (1994, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009), three OAC Tournaments (2003, 2004, and 2009) and have appeared in the NCAA Division III playoffs on nine occasions (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009). In eight different years, his teams have posted at least 20 wins.
From 2003-2005, John Carroll became just the fourth team since the 1978-79 season to win three consecutive OAC regular season titles, joining Otterbein (1985-87 and 1990-92) and Ohio Northern (1999-2001) in the elite company.
Moran's 2003-2004 edition of the Blue Streaks finished third in the nation, reaching the NCAA Division III national semifinals for the first time in school history. JCU was 27-6 overall and 14-4 in league play to win the OAC title outright for the fourth time.
It was also just the second time in the history of the school that any varsity team reached the national semifinals of an NCAA Division III postseason tournament. Only the 2002 Blue Streak football team had achieved that rare feat prior to the men's basketball team's Final Four appearance.
Among his collegiate honors are being named OAC Coach of the Year in 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2009, and Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year in 1998 and 1999. 44 of his players have earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors and five (J. J. Richardson, Mark Heidorf, David Gibbons, Brandon Mimes, and Rudy Kirbus) have earned all-region accolades. Moran has also had 14 players selected to the Academic All-OAC team, and one of his charges -- Mark Heidorf in 1999 -- earned Academic All-America honors.
Moran, the most victorious coach in John Carroll's history, owns a record of 308-162 (.655), including a mark of 204-106 (.658) in Ohio Athletic Conference regular games. He is one of just 16 coaches in the 100-year history of the league to win at least 200 games at an Ohio Athletic Conference institution, and his winning percentage places among the top 15 all-time in that category as well.
In addition to his basketball duties, Moran has served as the men's golf coach at John Carroll for 17 years. In men's golf, Morgan has guided the Blue Streaks to a berth in the NCAA Division III Championships four times (placing third twice and fourth once). Moran's teams have also captured three OAC titles as well, earning him Conference Coach of the Year accolades twice. Moran has also coached over 25 JCU golfers to All-OAC honors.
Moran came to John Carroll in 1992 with some very impressive credentials. In 11 seasons at Cleveland Villa Angela-St.Joseph High School Moran fashioned a record of 224-53 as the head boys' basketball coach. In those 11 years, his teams captured nine district championships, four regional championships, and two state championships.
For his coaching successes, Moran was named Northeastern Ohio Coach of the Year, Greater Cleveland Coach of the Year (twice), Cleveland Plain Dealer Coach of the Year (twice), and Lake County News Herald Coach of the Year (three times) in his high school career.
Following his graduation from Xavier University in 1973, Moran began his coaching career as a freshman coach at Elder High School in Cincinnati. After three seasons, Moran moved back to his hometown of Cleveland to take the reigns of the freshman squad at his alma mater then known as St. Joseph High School. He was elevated to junior varsity in 1981, then to varsity in 1982.
In 2003-2004, Moran had the rare treat of being able to coach two of his four sons, Pete and Matt, on the same NCAA Final Four team.
Mike Moran and his wife, JoAnn, have six children and reside in Russell Township.
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