Mike Deane had a highly successful stay at Marquette University where he posted a 100-55 record in five seasons. He guided the Golden Eagles to four 20-win seasons, four postseason appearances and the 1997 Conference USA Championship. Marquette was runner-up at the 1995 National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and a quarterfinalist in 1998, and appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 1996 and 1997. His first four teams at Marquette ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA in scoring defense and field goal-percentage defense.

Before leading the Marquette program, Deane was the head coach at Siena College in Loudonville, NY, from 1986-94 where he posted a 166-77 record. He led Siena to its first-ever postseason appearance in the 1988 NIT and took the Saints to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1989, where the #14 Saints upset #3 Stanford in the first round.

Four of Deane's Siena teams competed in postseason play, including the 1993-94 squad that posted a 25-8 record and finished third at the NIT and the 1990-91 team advanced to the third round of the NIT.

At Siena, Deane was a two-time New York State Coach of the Year (1988 and 1991) selection and was named National Association of Basketball Coaches District II Coach of the Year in 1988.

In 19 years as a Division I coach, Deane has compiled a 358-240 record, which is an average of 19 wins per season.

Before arriving at Siena, Deane was an assistant coach at Michigan State from 1982-86 and served as interim head coach prior to the start of the 1984-85 season while Jud Heathcote recovered from a heart attack. The Spartans compiled a 74-44 record while Deane was there.

A 1974 graduate of Potsdam State, Deane began his head coaching career at Delhi A&T Junior College from 1976-80. He left Delhi to become the coach at Oswego State (1980-82).

Deane began his coaching career as an assistant at Potsdam State in 1974-75, where he was also the assistant baseball coach. He left Potsdam State to become the assistant basketball and head baseball coach at Plattsburgh State for the 1975-76 season.

The Stony Point, NY native was a three-year letterwinner at Potsdam State, where he was a Small College All-American in 1973 and 1974 and was a three-time East Coast Conference All-East honoree (1972, 1973 and 1974). He finished his career as Potsdam's career scoring (1,447) and assists (805) leader and established records for career scoring average (18.0 ppg), most points in a game (42) and most assists in a game (23). He also played second base for the Bears for two years.

The Stony Point native returned to New York after spending four seasons at Lamar University (TX) where he won his 300th game on January 22, 2000 against Nicholls State.

He received a bachelor of arts degree in economics and was the 1974 recipient of the John W. Maxy Award, which recognizes the top senior student-athlete at Potsdam State. He was also named the Chancellor Boyer SUNY Scholar Athlete of the Year. Deane was a ninth round selection of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks in 1974.

Mike Deane became the 16th men's basketball head coach in Wagner history in June of 2003. Now in his 23rd season as a NCAA head coach, Deane has complied a 383-266 career mark with nine post season appearances, including four trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Coach Deane and his wife Paula have been married for 27 years and the couple lives in Staten Island.