Mike Allen - Men's Basketball Coach - University of Akron Athletics

Mike Allen

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
mallen2@uakron.edu
Phone:
(330) 972-7781

Mike Allen enters his first year at Akron.

Allen spent the past six seasons at Eastern Kentucky. He helped compile the highest-rated EKU class in the internet recruiting era. The 2022 class was ranked 65th in the country by 247Sports. The class included the program’s first-ever ESPN four-star freshman recruit, a former four-star high school prospect, a three-star freshman point guard, a former three-star high school forward, a three-star freshman center, a junior college All-American and Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball, the first to come to EKU as a freshman since 1980. The 2023-24 season saw EKU claim the ASUN regular season title.

Allen has played a key role in player development. Nick Mayo had the best season of his decorated career in 2018-19, ranking 10th in the country in scoring and became the first Colonel since 2002 to drop 40 points in a game. Wendell Green Jr. broke the single-game assist record, the freshman record for assists in a season and was selected to the Freshman All-America Team in 2020-21. Devontae Blanton capped the 2022-23 season by earning first-team All-ASUN honors, first-team NABC All-District recognition, and ASUN and CBI All-Tournament distinctions.

The former Ohio University standout and professional basketball player came to EKU following three seasons on the staff at Bryant University.

Allen spent two seasons (2013-15) as an assistant post-graduate basketball coach at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia., and as a graduate assistant coach at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania (2010-12)

Allen spent two seasons as the starting point guard at Ohio University, earning All-Mid-American Conference Honorable Mention accolades as a senior in 2008-09. As a senior, he became just the third Ohio player to lead the MAC in assists per game (4.31).

Allen graduated from Ohio University in 2009 with a bachelor’s of science in health services administration. He earned his master’s degree in organizational leadership from Mercyhurst in 2014.