The 2015-16 season will see Mike Miranto enter his sixth year on the Daemen coaching staff and his fourth full season as the Associate Head Coach after being promoted to the position midway through the 2011-12 season. Miranto is involved with all aspects of the program including on-floor coaching, scouting of opponents, recruiting, coordinating film exchange, budgeting, scheduling and overseeing the program's administrative duties. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Miranto serves as Daemen's Athletic Communications Director.
Since arriving at Daemen, Miranto has helped the Wildcats to an overall record of 103-49, which includes the most successful four-year stretch in program history with four consecutive 20-win seasons from 2011-15. That stretch includes school-record 27-win campaign in 2012-13, a pair of conference championships (2011-12 - American Mideast Conference regular season & tournament; 2013-14 - East Coast Conference regular season) and the 2014-15 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I National Championship. Miranto has also been directly involved with coaching the team’s 14 All-Conference selections, numerous NAIA and/or USCAA All-Americans and the two-time ECC Defensive Player of the Year (Gerald Beverly).
Miranto arrived at Daemen after three seasons as the lead assistant coach at the University of Great Falls (UGF) in Great Falls, Mont. While at the NAIA Division I school, Miranto aided in the development of several All-Frontier Conference performers as well as one NAIA All-American. In addition to his coaching duties at UGF, Miranto served in several different capacities on campus, including Assistant Student Life Coordinator (2007-08), Intramural Coordinator (2008-09) and Sports Information Director (2009-10).
Prior to his stint at UGF, Miranto began his coaching career at the high school level, serving as head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at his alma mater, North Tonawanda High School, in suburban Buffalo, N.Y. from 2004-07. Miranto was also an assistant on the school's football coaching staff for two seasons as well, and was a coach in the Niagara Hoops Salukis AAU Basketball Program.
As a player at NTHS, Miranto was a four-year letterman for coach Greg Ross' Lumberjacks and finished his career as the school's second all-time leading scorer with 1,292 points while establishing school records for games played (84), three-point shots (122), assists (317) and steals (210). He was twice named to the All-Niagara Frontier League First Team and was a two-time Honorable Mention All-Western New York selection and a two-time Tonawanda News Area Player of the Year.
After high school, Miranto competed at the NCAA Division III level for Buffalo State College from 2001-04, playing for Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inductee Dick Bihr. In the 2002-03 season, Miranto helped the Bengals to the State University of New York Athletic Conference Championship, capturing an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
Miranto holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Buffalo State. He resides in North Tonawanda with his wife, Lauren, and their dogs, Mason and Max.
MIKE MIRANTO QUICK FACTS
Born
Michael Keith Miranto
December 23, 1982
North Tonawanda, N.Y.
High School
North Tonawanda High School, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
College Career
Three-year letterman
Buffalo State College, 2001-04
College Degree
B.A. History
Buffalo State College, 2007
Family
Wife
Lauren (Brosius)
Coaching Career
Junior Varsity Coach, North Tonawanda High School, 2004-07
Assistant Coach, University of Great Falls, 2007-10
Assistant Coach, Daemen College, 2010-11
Associate Head Coach, Daemen College, 2011-Present
