Michael Netti is an American basketball coach and former player. From 2022 to 2024, he served as an assistant coach at Ohio State.

Mike Netti
Biographical details
BornLiverpool, New York
Alma materSyracuse University
Playing career
1998–2000Alvernia College
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2006Gardner-Webb (assistant)
2006–2008St. Francis Brooklyn (assistant)
2008–2010Lackawanna
2010–2013Gardner–Webb (assistant)
2013–2017East Carolina (assistant)
2017–2022Ohio State (spec. assistant)
2022–2024Ohio State (assistant)

He has served as an assistant with Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann at Gardner-Webb, and later served under him at Gardner-Webb and Ohio State.[1] Before joining Holtmann's staff at Ohio State, he was an assistant coach at East Carolina.[2] He has also been a head coach at Lackawanna College, a NJCAA school in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[3]

Early life and playing career

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Netti was born and raised in Liverpool, New York.[4] He played college basketball at Alvernia University (then called Alvernia College) in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2000.[5] After the 1999–00 season, he transferred to Syracuse and discontinued his basketball career.[6]

Coaching career

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Early career

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Netti's first job as an assistant coach was at Gardner-Webb under head coach Rick Scruggs.[7] He was hired as an assistant coach at St. Francis Brooklyn in 2006 and stayed there through 2008.[8]

Lackawanna College

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In 2008, he was hired as the head coach at Lackawanna College.[9] He spent two seasons there, winning 43 games in total.[10]

Later career

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Netti returned to Gardner–Webb in 2010 and spent three seasons there.[11] He served under then–head coach Chris Holtmann, who was an assistant coach during Netti's first stint at Gardner–Webb. In 2013, he was hired by East Carolina to be an assistant coach in the staff of head coach Jeff Lebo.[12]

After four seasons at East Carolina, Netti was hired as a special assistant at Ohio State, where he was reunited once again with Holtmann, who had become the head coach there.[13] In this role, he helped create offensive game plans and worked with players off the court.[14] When Ryan Pedon and Tony Skinn left Ohio State for other opportunities in 2022, Netti was promoted to assistant coach.[15]

Personal life

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Netti is married to his wife, Natalie (née Yelton). They have a son named Ryan.[5]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lackawanna (NJCAA) (2008–2010)
2008–09 Lackawanna 25–7
2009–10 Lackawanna 18–12
Lackawanna: 43–19
Total: 43–19

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ Lind, Andrew. "Ohio State Promotes Mike Netti To Full-Time Assistant Coach". Buckeyes Now FN.
  2. ^ North, Brian. "New coach hired at ECU". WCTI12.com.
  3. ^ Helwagen, Steve. "Holtmann promotes Mike Netti to fulltime assistant among several staff moves". 247Sports.com.
  4. ^ Waters, Mike (14 August 2013). "Syracuse grad Mike Netti takes assistant coaching job at East Carolina". Syracuse.com.
  5. ^ a b "Mike Netti". East Carolina Athletics.
  6. ^ Chassen, Alexis (26 July 2017). "Ohio State men's basketball to add former ECU assistant coach Mike Netti". LandGrantHolyLand.com.
  7. ^ "Ohio State men's basketball coach Chris Holtmann announces staff promotions". 10WBNS. 5 May 2022.
  8. ^ Gerdeman, Tony (5 May 2022). "Chris Holtmann Announces Men's Basketball Staff Promotions". BuckeyeScoop.com.
  9. ^ Waters, Mike (May 14, 2008). "Mike Netti adds to Syracuse-Scranton hoops connnection". Syracuse.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Mike Netti". Ohio State Athletics.
  11. ^ "Gardner-Webb's Netti joins ECU hoops staff". wralSPORTSfan.com. 7 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Mike Netti Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach". East Carolina Athletics. 7 August 2013.
  13. ^ Hass–Hill, Colin (August 2017). "MEN'S BASKETBALL: OHIO STATE HIRES MIKE NETTI AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH". TheLantern.com.
  14. ^ Jardy, Adam. "From special assistant to assistant, Ohio State's Mike Netti ready for new position". The Columbus Dispatch.
  15. ^ Jardy, Adam (2022-05-05). "Ohio State's Mike Netti promoted to assistant coach". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
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