The Ithaca College Department of Intercollegiate Athletics named Mike McSloy as the 11th head coach of the men's basketball program on June 17, 2025.
McSloy, who brings a wealth of experience at the Division III level, takes over a program that went 19-10 in 2024-25 and reached the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship after claiming the second Liberty League title in five seasons.
McSloy most recently coached at Drew University from the Landmark Conference in Madison, N.J. since 2022. He quickly turned a 13-12 team from his first year with the program into back-to-back 20-win seasons. Most recently, the Rangers went 24-4 in 2024-25, were ranked as high as No. 16 in the country and made the NCAA Tournament. McSloy would be named Landmark and NABC District 5 Coach of the Year.Â
The Rangers went 20-6 in 2023-24 and set school records in 3-pointers made (319) and points per game (87.0), both of which were top 10 in Division III.
Prior to his time at The Forest, McSloy served as the head coach at St. Joseph's Long Island from 2019-22, and held assistant roles at Gettysburg College (2018-19), New York University (2016-18), Vassar College (2015-16) and Connecticut College (2013-15).
In his final season at St. Joseph's, McSloy guided the Golden Eagles to a 15-9 campaign, which was the best season in seven years and included a win over No. 15 Yeshiva University.
A Kings Park, N.Y. native, McSloy received his undergraduate degree in international trade and transportation from SUNY Maritime in 2013. In two seasons as a student-athlete at Maritime, McSloy started and played in all 50 games and averaged 16.8 points as he was a captain his senior season and named Second Team All-Skyline Conference. McSloy also played two seasons at SUNY Oswego.
