Mike Mennenga begins his 10th season as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oregon. During his 10 years with the Ducks, Oregon has won 224 games, four regular season Pac-12 championships and two Pac-12 Tournament championships.
In that span, the Ducks have achieved unprecedented post season success, earning an NCAA Tournament bid in all but two eligible seasons, including making the Elite Eight in 2016, the Final Four in 2017, and the Sweet 16 in 2019 and 2021.
Mennenga’s primary role with the Ducks is player development and player recruitment, assisting with game preparation and in-game adjustments. Since Mennenga's arrival in 2014-2015, every Duck has moved on to play at the professional level, including 15 players signing deals with NBA Teams.
Mennenga began his Division I basketball coaching career at the University of Maine in 1996, where in his four seasons on staff, the team’s accomplishments included setting a program record for wins. He spent the next five seasons at the University at Buffalo, and contributed to the team’s win total increasing from five in his first season to 25 in his fifth season. He then spent time on the basketball staffs at Iowa State, Providence and Canisius. At Canisius, he worked under Coach Jim Baron, and contributed to consecutive 20-win seasons for the program, which had not been accomplished in the previous 20 seasons.
Mennenga earned his associate’s degree from Vincennes University in 1990 and his bachelor’s degree in finance from Morehead State University in 1993, where he was a member of the basketball team.
Mike and his wife Shannetta have two daughters, Cheyenne and Nyla.
