Mike Leflar
American basketball player and coach
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Mike Leflar is an American women's basketball coach who is currently the women's basketball head coach at the University of Massachusetts.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UMass |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 22–42 (.344) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Boston College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | Penn (asst.) |
| 2004–2012 | Boston (asst.) |
| 2012–2014 | Boston (assoc. HC) |
| 2014–2015 | Binghamton (assoc. HC) |
| 2015–2017 | Northeastern (asst.) |
| 2017–2018 | Northeastern (assoc. HC) |
| 2018–2021 | UMass (asst.) |
| 2021–2023 | UMass (assoc. HC) |
| 2023–present | UMass |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–42 (.338) |
Early life and education
Leflar is from of Horsham, Pennsylvania. In 2002 he earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston College.[2]
Coaching career
Before coming to UMass, he served as an assistant women's basketball coach at Penn, Boston, Binghamton, and Northeastern.[3]
UMass
In 2018 he was hired as an assistant under Tory Verdi. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2021. After Verdi accepted the head coaching position at Pittsburgh, he was promoted to head coach on April 10, 2023.[4][5] Through his first two seasons he has an overall record of 22–42.[6]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic 10 (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2023–2025) | |||||||||
| 2023–24[7] | UMass | 5–27 | 2–16 | 14th | |||||
| 2024–25[8] | UMass | 17–15 | 11–7 | 7th | |||||
| UMass (A10): | 22–42 (.344) | 13–23 (.361) | |||||||
| UMass (Mid-American Conference) (2025-–present) | |||||||||
| 2025–26[9] | UMass | – | – | ||||||
| UMass (MAC): | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| UMass: | 22–42 (.344) | 13–23 (.361) | |||||||
| Total: | 22–42 (.344) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
He is married to his wife Kate. They have two sons, Graham and Jackson.[10]