Assistant Coach Brian Mik returns for his 13th season with the program. He is the only assistant coach to be a member of Rizzotti’s staff for her entire coaching career and is currently the longest tenured assistant coach in the America East. Mik’s responsibilities with the Hawks include recruiting, scouting, and video editing, as well as game-day and practice duties and overseeing all travel preparations.
Mik’s knowledge of the Connecticut high school girl’s basketball scene and Connecticut AAU programs has helped the Hawks land some of the top Connecticut players, including the 2005-06 America East Rookie of the Year and all-rookie team member Erica Beverly and the 2009-10 America East Player of the Year Diana Delva.
Prior to joining the Hawks, Mik spent six successful years as both a head coach of the Connecticut Starters Amateur Athletics Union program and an assistant coach at Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, CT.
His Connecticut Starters team finished in the top-five twice at the AAU National Invitational Championships. While at Lyman Hall, the Trojans won two regular season championships and one Southern Connecticut Conference tournament title.
Mik earned a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications from Southern Connecticut State University in 1994.
Brian and his wife, Sarah, a former basketball player at Merrimack College and current head girl’s basketball coach at Cheshire High School, reside in Wallingford. They have three children, eight-year-old daughter Brianna, five-year-old son Drew, and three-year-old Grace.
