Mike Leflar
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mike Leflar
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = UMass
| current_conference = MAC
| current_record = 22–42 ({{Winning percentage|22|42}})
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| alma_mater = Boston College
| coach_years1 = 2003–2004
| coach_team1 = Penn (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 2004–2012
| coach_team2 = Boston (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 2012–2014
| coach_team3 = Boston (assoc. HC)
| coach_years4 = 2014–2025
| coach_team4 = Binghamton (assoc. HC)
| coach_years5 = 2015–2017
| coach_team5 = Northeastern (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2017–2018
| coach_team6 = Northeastern (assoc. HC)
| coach_years7 = 2018–2021
| coach_team7 = UMass (asst.)
| coach_years8 = 2021–2023
| coach_team8 = UMass (assoc. HC)
| coach_years9 = 2023–present
| coach_team9 = UMass
| overall_record = 22–42 ({{Winning percentage|22|43}})
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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.{{Cite web|title=Mike Leflar named UMass women’s basketball head coach|url=https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2023/04/mike-leflar-named-umass-womens-basketball-head-coach.html|access-date=May 7, 2025|date=April 10, 2023|language=en|website=Mass Live|first=Sophie|last=Weller}}
Early life and education
Leflar is from of Horsham, Pennsylvania. In 2002 he earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston College.{{Cite web|title=Mike Leflar |url=https://nuhuskies.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-leflar/1831|access-date=May 7, 2025|language=en|website=Northeastern Athletics}}
Coaching career
Before coming to UMass, he served as an assistant women's basketball coach at Penn, Boston, Binghamton, and Northeastern.{{Cite web|title=Mike Leflar introduced as 12th head coach of UMass women’s basketball|url=https://dailycollegian.com/2023/04/mike-leflar-introduced-as-12th-head-coach-of-umass-womens-basketball/|access-date=May 7, 2025|date=April 10, 2023|language=en|website=Daily Collegian|last1=Johnny |first1=Depin |last2=Rachel|first2=Toth}}
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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.{{Cite web|title=Mike Leflar named new UMass head women’s basketball coach|url=https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/04/10/mike-leflar-named-next-umass-head-womens-basketball-coach/|access-date=May 7, 2025|date=April 10, 2023|language=en|website=Western Massachusetts News|first=Ryan|last=Trowbridge}}{{Cite web|title=Pitt hires UMass's Tory Verdi as next women's basketball coach|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/36108691/pitt-hires-umass-tory-verdi-next-women-basketball-coach|access-date=May 7, 2025|date=April 7, 2023|language=en|website=ESPN|first=M.A.|last=Voepel}} Through his first two seasons he has an overall record of 22–42.{{Cite web|title=Mike Leflar|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/mike-leflar-1.html|access-date=May 7, 2025|language=en|website=Sports Reference}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Atlantic 10
|startyear=2023
|conference=Mid-American Conference
|endyear=2025
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 2023–24{{Cite web|title=2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule|url=https://umassathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2023-24|website=Massachusetts Athletics|language=en}}
| name = UMass
| overall = 5–27
| conference = 2–16
| confstanding = 14th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25{{Cite web|title=2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule|url=https://umassathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2024-25|website=Massachusetts Athletics|language=en}}
| name = UMass
| overall = 17–15
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = UMass (A10)
| overall = {{winpct|22|42|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|13|23|record=y}}
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|name=UMass
|startyear=2025-
|conference=Mid-American Conference
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2025–26{{Cite web|title=2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule|url=https://umassathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2024-25|website=Massachusetts Athletics|language=en}}
| name = UMass
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = UMass (MAC)
| overall = {{winpct|0|0|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|0|0|record=y}}
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = UMass
| overall = {{winpct|22|42|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|13|23|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|22|42|record=y}}
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Personal life
He is married to his wife Kate. They have two sons, Graham and Jackson.{{cite web |title=Mike Leflar |url=https://umassathletics.com/staff-directory/mike-leflar/626 |website=UMass Athletics|access-date=May 7, 2025|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://umassathletics.com/staff-directory/mike-leflar/626 UMass coaching bio]
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