Bio

First Season at HVCC: 2013-14
Enters 12^th season in 2024-25
Record at HVCC: 163-113 (.591)
Career Record: 561-421 (.571)

Hall of Fame head coach Mike Long returns for his 12th season as head basketball coach as he continues to strive for a NJCAA Region III championship at Hudson Valley. 

Long, who enters the 2024-25 season with a career record of 561-421 record has amassed a 163-113 (.591) record over his previous 11 seasons at Hudson Valley, including three 20-win seasons.

Last season, the Vikings earned the eight-seed and defeated Columbia-Greene, 97-77, in the opening round of the Region III playoffs. The Vikings went on to face rival and top-seeded, Herkimer in the quarterfinal round, where they were defeated 90-61.

In 2022-23, Long led the Vikings to a winning record for the fourth-consecutive season and reached the NJCAA Region III championships semifinals to face the top-seeded Mohawk Valley Hawks.

Long, who is familiar with the NJCAA from his time at Sage College (formerly Sage Junior College of Albany), earned his second NJCAA Region III Coach of the Year honors in 2015-16 after finishing the season with a 20-10 record. Long was named the Coach of the Year at Sage JCA following the 2001-02 season.

Long brings to Hudson Valley more than 40 years of coaching experience. He began his head coaching career at The College of Saint Rose, and from 1973 to 1986, he compiled a 166-155 record. Prior to that, Long was an assistant coach for the Ft. Sheridan Post Team and later became the JV coach at his alma mater, Siena College, for a season.

After his tenure at Saint Rose, Long became the head coach at Sage College of Albany from 1990 to 2003. He boasted an impressive 222-142 record in his 13 years, and was named Region III, Division II Coach of the Year by the National Junior College Athletic Association following the 2001-02 season, when Sage finished 27-4. Long also spent time as an assistant coach at the Junior College of Albany from 1986 to 1990 and as the assistant varsity boys’ basketball coach at Christian Brothers Academy, prior to his return to Saint Rose in 2006.

Long is a member of four different halls of fame: Saint Rose Hall of Fame (1992), Bishop Maginn Hall of Fame (2006), the New York State Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame (2010) and the Sage Colleges Athletics Hall of Fame (2019). The Saint Rose basketball court was named “Mike Long Court,” as he is considered “the father of Saint Rose basketball” after developing a program that dominated the Northeastern Athletic Conference (NAC) from 1977-84, winning five NAC titles, and posting two consecutive undefeated seasons (1978-80) in conference play. Long was also the 2013 recipient of the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame Sam Perkins Sportsmanship award.

Year                    College                       Record

1972-73              Siena                          10-10

1973-74              Saint Rose                   5-15
1975-76              Saint Rose                   6-15
1976-77              Saint Rose                   11-13
1977-78              Saint Rose                   14-10
1978-79              Saint Rose                   22-5
1979-80              Saint Rose                   23-6
1980-81              Saint Rose                   16-12
1981-82              Saint Rose                   15-14
1982-83              Saint Rose                   11-17
1983-84              Saint Rose                   17-14
1984-85              Saint Rose                   11-17
1985-86              Saint Rose                   14-17
                                                               

1990-91              Sage-JCA                     11-15
1991-92              Sage-JCA                     14-11
1992-93              Sage-JCA                     17-11
1993-94              Sage-JCA                     23-7
1994-95              Sage-JCA                     19-9
1995-96              Sage-JCA                     16-14
1996-97              Sage-JCA                     19-11
1997-98              Sage-JCA                     13-13
1998-99              Sage-JCA                     14-13
1999-00              Sage-JCA                     11-16
2000-01              Sage-JCA                     19-9
2001-02              Sage-Albany                27-4
2002-03              Sage-Albany                19-9
                                                               
2013-14              Hudson Valley             12-13
2014-15              Hudson Valley             15-13
2015-16              Hudson Valley             20-10
2016-17              Hudson Valley             18-11
2017-18              Hudson Valley             12-15
2018-19              Hudson Valley             21-8
2019-20              Hudson Valley             23-8
2020-21              Hudson Valley             COVID-19
2021-22              Hudson Valley             16-7
2022-23              Hudson Valley             17-10
2023-24              Hudson Valley             9-18

Hudson Valley Record: 163-113 (.591)

Career Record: 561-421 (.571)

Updated: 11/19/24