Considered to be one of the best tactical basketball minds in the country, U-M’s David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Beilein has continued to be an innovator in college basketball during his four decades patrolling the sidelines. Beilein has compiled a career record of 829-468 (.639) during his 41 years as a collegiate head coach. He has recorded 20-plus win seasons on 23 occasions and has finished with a winning record in 35 seasons, placing him in the top 10 for career victories among active Division I head coaches. 

Under Beilein, the Maize and Blue have made nine NCAA Tournament appearances while also winning two Big Ten regular seasons and two Big Ten Tournament titles. In 12 seasons in Ann Arbor, Beilein has built the Wolverines into one of the nation’s elite programs, taking U-M to a pair of national championship game appearances (2013, ’18) while also becoming the winningest coach in school history. As a native of Burt, New York, Beilein and his wife of 39 years, Kathleen, have four children together and four grandchildren.