Chris Mack

Christopher Lee Mack was born on December 30, 1969, in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in North College Hill, Ohio. He attended St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, where he was recognized as the 1987–88 Cincinnati Post Metro Player of the Year. Mack started his collegiate playing career at the University of Evansville for two seasons before transferring to Xavier University. At Xavier, he played his final two seasons and served as a two-time team captain under head coach Pete Gillen, graduating in 1992 with a B.A. in Communication Arts. His early career in basketball began with coaching junior varsity girls’ basketball at McAuley High School in Cincinnati in 1993, followed by a tenure as head coach for the girls’ varsity team at Mount Notre Dame High School from 1995-1999, where he earned the 1996 Cincinnati Post Coach of the Year award.

Mack’s collegiate coaching career commenced in 1999 as the Director of Basketball Operations at Xavier University under Skip Prosser. He then followed Prosser to Wake Forest University, serving as an assistant coach from 2001 to 2004. In 2004, Mack returned to Xavier University as a top assistant coach under Sean Miller. When Miller departed in 2009, Mack was appointed head coach at Xavier, a position he held for nine seasons until 2018. During his time at Xavier, he achieved a 215-97 record, with eight NCAA Tournament appearances, reaching the Sweet 16 four times and the Elite Eight in 2017. His teams secured three conference regular season championships, and he was named the 2018 Big East Coach of the Year and the 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year.

From 2018 to 2022, Mack served as the head coach for the University of Louisville, guiding the team to a 63-36 record. In his first season, Louisville qualified for the NCAA Tournament, and in 2019-20, his team reached a No. 1 ranking nationally for two weeks, finishing with a 24-7 record. After a two-year hiatus, Mack was appointed head coach of the College of Charleston in 2024, signing a five-year contract. In his inaugural season in 2024–25, he led the Cougars to a 24-9 record and reached his 300th career win on February 27, 2025, against Delaware.