John Beilein

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John Patrick Beilein ( BEE-lyne; born February 5, 1953) is an American basketball coach and current head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

He has previously coached the Michigan Wolverines (2007–2019), West Virginia Mountaineers (2002–2007), Richmond Spiders (1997–2002), Canisius Golden Griffins (1992–1997) in NCAA Division I as well as Le Moyne College (1983–1992), Nazareth College (1982–1983) and Erie Community College (1978–1982).

Beilein has won 754 career games at four-year universities and 829 games altogether, including those at the junior college level.

Beilein was the only active collegiate coach to have achieved 20-win seasons at four different levels—junior college, NCAA Division III, NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division I. Beilein is one of only six Division I coaches with 700 or more career wins.

He has been recognized as conference coach of the year five times: in 1981 at Erie Community College, in 1988 at LeMoyne, in 1994 at Canisius, in 1998 at Richmond, and in 2014 at Michigan.

In addition, Beilein was the seventh of only ten coaches to have taken four different schools to the NCAA Division I Tournament.

He is known for his attention to details, focus on fundamentals and knack for developing under-the-radar players.

Beilein is also widely respected in collegiate sports as one of the cleanest and most rule-abiding coaches.

In a poll conducted by CBS in 2017, Beilein was voted the cleanest coach in college basketball, gathering 26.6% of the votes vs. the next highest candidate's 10.5%.Beilein's first Division I head coaching position was at Canisius, a hometown school of which he had been a fan.

He turned around the school's losing program and helped it earn two National Invitation Tournament (NIT) bids and one NCAA Tournament appearance in five years.

Next, at Richmond, he reached the NCAA Tournament once and NIT twice in five years.

He moved on to West Virginia, where his teams reached the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament twice, and also twice went to the NIT, including one championship.

At Michigan, where he became the school's winningest coach, he won two Big Ten regular-season championships, two Big Ten Tournament titles, and in the NCAA Tournament twice advanced as far as the national championship game.

He has a 26–13 career record in the NCAA tournament, with championship game appearances in 2013 and 2018, as well as a 13–6 record in the NIT.

Education

Beilein was raised in Burt, New York. He is the eighth of nine children of a millworker and an apple farmer. His mother's cousins were the inspiration for Saving Private Ryan, and two of his uncles (Tom and Joe Niland) were lifelong basketball coaches in the Western New York area. Beilein attended DeSales High School in Lockport, New York. He went on to attend Wheeling College (now Wheeling University) where he competed on the school's basketball team from 1971 to 1975 and served as team captain during the 1974–75 season. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1975. After graduating, Beilein returned to Western New York where he began his coaching career at Newfane High School in 1975. He remained there for three years. Beilein went on to earn a Master of Science degree in education from Niagara University in 1981.

Personal life

Beilein is married to Kathleen Beilein (née Griffin) since 1978. The Beileins have three sons (Patrick, who played for his father at WVU and was the head basketball coach at Niagara University; Mark, a former football player at Richmond and WVU grad who currently works for Alro Steel; and Andrew, a Michigan grad who currently works for the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C.) and a daughter (Seana Hendricks). Patrick, who was the 2002 Virginia Independent Schools Division I Player of the Year, had intended to play at Richmond with his father, and instead went to West Virginia when his father moved there. Patrick was a 2008–2009 season graduate assistant coach at University of Michigan. He has since held posts as assistant coach at Dartmouth, Director of Men's Basketball Operations at Bradley University, and head coach of West Virginia Wesleyan College before his current role at Le Moyne.

When Patrick was a highly recruited high school basketball player, John was restricted by NCAA rules from some normal behaviors regarding his son, such as giving his son's teammates a ride home from practice, talking with his son at a basketball camp or discussing his son's abilities with news media, because the interactions of college coaches with recruits are restricted. The relevant NCAA rules for recruiting (Bylaw article 13) are quite extensive. Beilein had to follow recruiting rules when visiting his son at a basketball camp. According to rule 13.12.1.3 coaches wishing to attend a camp as observers must comply with appropriate recruiting contact and evaluation periods. According to 13.02.3, a contact includes any face-to-face encounter between a prospective student-athlete . . . and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. In short, talking to coaches not employed by a camp is not allowed during the camp, which left Beilein unable to offer his son milk money. This isn't confirmed and is conjecture. Certainly as it's not in quotes or substantiated by anyone involved at that camp or others.

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Early college coaching career

Beilein has never served as an assistant coach; he has held head-coaching positions throughout his career. He served as the head coach of Erie Community College in Rochester, New York, from 1978 to 1982, as the senior instructor of the 1982-1983 school year, as well as Le Moyne College in Rochester, New York, from 1983 to 1992. Le Moyne was a Division II competitor in the Mideast Collegiate Conference (MCC). In 1987, Beilein first applied to coach Division I basketball at Canisius, but he wasn't hired. He held annual coaching clinics that welcomed coaches and athletes during his Le Moyne stay. Beilein was named the 1988 MCC Coach of the Year by his team, which finished as co-conference champions with a 21-5 record and a number 14 national rank. With an 8–2 conference record, the team tied for the first time in history with Gannon University. Despite the fact that it was Beilein's third 20-win team at Le Moyne, the team had never been to the NCAA tournament before. After being disqualified in the first round bye, the team advanced to the conference post-season tournament. In the NCAA Division II Eastern Regionals, the three seeded California University of Pennsylvania faced the number one seeded California University of Pennsylvania as the number three seed. They lost their first-round game to a 23–6 record, but they did win the consolation game against Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

Following the 1990-1991 season, the MCC was disbanded. The team was an independent team unaffiliated with a conference in Beilein's last season. The squad was supposed to attend the New England Collegiate Conference from 1992 to 1993. Beilein had attempted to recruit other Division I students at colleges like Colgate University, where he had been a finalist in 1989. He was then transferred to a Canisius Division I post in 1992.

NCAA Division I coaching career

Canisius held an 8–22 record prior to Beilein's arrival in 1991–92. For the first time since being able to recruit assistant coaches at Canisius College in 1992, he served as head coach for the 1992–93 season. Joe Niland, a former player and mentor at Canisius basketball, grew up to be a Canisius basketball fan because his uncle, Joe Niland, had been a former player and mentor there. Beilein, who was in charge of Canisius, was both a NCAA trustee and a coach in his first NIT stint in his five seasons.

Beilein's first two seasons at Canisius transformed a 1991-92 squad into a 1993–94 team that had the first undefeated home schedule (15–0) in the school's modern history. The squad finished the 1994 MAAC tournament on a 15-game winning streak, and Beilein was named Best Metro Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year by Metro Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year. The number one seeded Canisius squad in Beilein fell in the second round semi-final match against Loyola University, and thus did not qualify for the 1994 NCAA tournament. Despite Canisius' inability to participate in the NCAA tournament, Canisius was accepted along with two other MAAC colleges to the NIT tournament, and it was matched up against a taller, more experienced Villanova team. Villanova, the eventual NIT champion, triumphed in a 103-79 victory over Canisius in the first round.

The Golden Griffins were led by senior Craig Wise, the team's first MAAC Player of the Year during the 1994–95 season. As Canisius meets Loyola, coached by Brian Ellerbe, two prospective Michigan Wolverine coaches confronted each other in the first round of the MAAC tournament. For the fifth time in six years, Canisius defeated and advanced to the MAAC semi-finals. The team lost in the semis for the third straight season, and the club's record of never having won the conference tournament was unbeaten. In the 1995 NIT, Canisius defeated Seton Hall for the team's first post-season victory in 32 years. Canisius was able to qualify for the 1995 NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden thanks to a pair of subsequent victories. Despite a school postseason record 32 points from Wise, Canisius lost in the semifinals against Virginia Tech by a 71-59 margin. Canisius lost the consolation game against Penn State. Beilein's three victories and two losses enabled him to even surpass his NIT career record of 3–3.

Darrell Barley, a MAAC Player of the Year, led the team from 1995-1996. Despite the absence of the injured Barley from the tournament, Beilein guided the 16–10 (7–7 MAAC) team to the conference tournament championship, earning a spot in the 1996 NCAA tournament. In the team's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1957, Canisius earned a thirteen seed and match against the fourth-seeded Utah Utes. In the game, Utah defeated Canisius 72–43.

The Golden Griffins were the best defensive team in the MAAC in Canisius' final season as head coach Canisius. The team's season ended in the conference tournament finals. He interviewed with the University of Richmond during the 1996–97 season.

On September 24, 2019, Beilein was inducted into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame for his service and accomplishment with the organization.

Beilein became the Richmond Spiders' coach in 1997. He set a record of 100-53 years, holding a winning record each season, and then advanced to the NCAA tournament once more, where his 14th-seeded team shocked third-seeded and nationally ranked South Carolina defeated third-ranked South Carolina. His teams have also appeared in the NIT twice.

When Jarod Stevenson was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Year for three seasons in the 1997-98 season, he was named third Beilein player of the year in six seasons. The 1997–98 Spiders had their first winning season since 1993. The Spiders were ranked third seed in the 1998 CAA tournament in the nine-team tournament. The team won the tournament, earning the university a 1998 NCAA tournament selection, the first NCAA tournament berth since 1991. He received his fourth Coach of the Year award of the year. This one was for the Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia Coach of the Year. Beilein was selected for the CAA coach of the year award over Charlie Woollum of William and Mary, who defeated Beilein for the CAA coach of the year award. In the first round of the tournament, Richmond, which was seeded 14th, defeated third-seeded South Carolina. To the Washington Huskies, the Spiders lost their second game in the tournament. Beilein's career NCAA tournament record was 1–2.

Following two returning starters' absence from the team for disciplinary reasons during the 1998–99 season, Beilein depended on a nucleus that included two freshmen and two sophomores. With a 15–11 (10–6 CAA) record, the team came in third place in the CAA. However, they were disqualified in the 1999 CAA conference tournament by sixth-seeded cross-town rival Virginia Commonwealth.

Richmond also secured their third seed in the conference tournament over the course of the 1999–2000 season. They defeated number six Old Dominion and number two James Madison in the 2000 CAA Conference tournament. Richmond lost to fourth seeded UNC Wilmington in the championship game, despite the fact that the CAA conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament was on display.

Richmond finished the regular season with a 21–6 record, placing first in the CAA with a 12–4 record. In ten of the Spiders' final eleven games, they have won ten of them. However, since Richmond was going to change its athletic affiliation from the CAA to the Atlantic 10 the following season, it was ineligible for the 2001 CAA conference tournament. Only one CAA team had ever advanced to the NCAA tournament, and only one team from the CAA had ever earned an at-large bid. The Spiders appeared in the 2001 NIT, where they defeated West Virginia and then lost to Dayton before losing to Dayton. Beilein remained at.500 in the NIT with one win and one loss at 4–4. Beilein turned down an invitation to mentor at Rutgers at the end of the season. Beilein's victory over West Virginia is credited in large part of why Beilein was eventually hired at West Virginia.

Richmond finished in second place in the West Division of the 12-team Atlantic 10 Conference for the second year in the 2002 Atlantic 10 Tournament, a first-round bye. Richmond won its first two games to advance to the finals, where it lost to Xavier. Richmond defeated Wagner, Montana State, and Minnesota in the 2002 NIT before losing to Syracuse in the quarterfinals. This brought Beilein's NIT's record to 7-5.

Dan Dakich was hired at West Virginia (WVU) of the Big East Conference and then resigned eight days later. Beilein accepted the WVU head coaching position in April 2002. He had a 104-60 record in five seasons at WVU. WVU's 2004–05 season saw them go 24–11 and finish in the "Elite Eight" (fourth round) of the NCAA tournament. WVU went 22-11-11 and into the "Sweet Sixteen" in the third round of the following year. Despite losing almost 80% of their scoring from the previous season, Beilein's Mountaineers won the NIT championship in 2006–07.

The Big East tournament featured just the top 12 teams prior to 2009. West Virginia qualified for the tournament during the 2002-2003 season by defeating Virginia Tech to claim sixth place in the western division. The team had progressed from 8-20 to 14–14 (5–11 Big East) under Beilein, and had a blast during the regular season. The team lost in the first round of the 2003 Big East tournament to Providence by a 73–50 margin, bringing an end to the team's season.

West Virginia qualified for the 2004 Big East tournament as the number one seed following the 2003-2004 regular season. On a three-point shot with 15 seconds remaining, the team lost their first round match against Notre Dame's 65–64 victory. The team's 15-13 record earned it an invitation to the 2004 NIT. The team traveled to Kent State in the first round of the tournament for the first time. Despite early foul weather, the team won 654-54 to advance to the second round. West Virginia defeated Rhode Island by a 79–72 margin in their second game of the tournament. Rutgers' 74–53 loss in the following game brought the season to an end. After this tournament, Beilein's career record in the NIT tournament was 9–6.

Beilein's team made the 2005 Big East tournament as the eighth seed and as a team on the bubble for the 2005 NCAA tournament. The team defeated number nine seed Providence 859-59, their second-round match against number one seed Boston College, 76-72, and its third-round match against number four Villanova 773–72. West Virginia lost the conference tournament finals to Syracuse 68–59, but it earned a seven seed in the NCAA tournament against number ten seed Creighton of the Missouri Valley Conference. Beilein's defeat was his fifth defeat in a row against his mentor, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, who had aided him in obtaining each of his first three Division I coaching positions. West Virginia defeated Creighton 63–61 with a defensive stop and a fast break dunk in the final five seconds. In double overtime, West Virginia defeated the number two seed Wake Forest team led by Chris Paul 111-105. West Virginia defeated Texas Tech 65-59 in the Sweet Sixteen Round. They lost 93–85 in overtime to Rick Pitino's top seeded Louisville, led by Taquan Dean and Larry O'Bannon. Beilein increased his NCAA Tournament record to 4–3.

West Virginia captured its first eight Big East conference games and debuted in the 2005–06 national rankings in February. It was the first time West Virginia had ranked in the top ten in the Coaches' Poll, which had been published in 1993. They were the only undefeated squad in conference play. The team got off to a good start by losing four of its next five games to fall to 9–4 in conference play. In the 2006 Big East tournament, they defeated their next two games to clinch a first-round bye. They dropped their regular season finale to finish with a 20–9 (11–5 Big East) regular season record. West Virginia lost their quarterfinal round game to Pitt in the conference tournament and secured a number six seed in the 2006 NCAA tournament. West Virginia defeated number eleven seed Southern Illinois and the number fourteen seed Northwestern State Demons by 64–46 and 67–54 margins, respectively. In the Sweet Sixteen round, West Virginia then lost to the number two seed Texas Longhorns in a wild finish that saw West Virginia erase a five-point deficit in the last fourteen seconds only to lose the game on a buzzer beater. Beilein's two victories helped him to record 6–4.

WVU finished the regular season with a 21–8 (9–7 Big East) record, earning the top seed in the 2007 Big East tournament. They defeated number ten seed Providence 92-79 in the first round of the tournament, capturing a Big East tournament record of 17 three-point shots. In double overtime, the Cardinals fell to the second-seeded Louisville Cardinals, 82-71. They were ranked as a top seed in the 32-team 2007 NIT after their 22–9 record earned them a top seed. West Virginia was able to play its first three games at home, defeating the Delaware State Hornets 74–77, and NC State 71–60. As the number one seed, the number one seed, it was able to defeat the Delaware State Hornets 74–77. Before West Virginia began playing in the semifinals in New York, rumors that Beilein would return to Michigan after the season ended. After recovering from a 14-point deficit in the semifinal match against Mississippi State, they defeated 63–62 on a last-minute shot by Darris Nichols. Beilein was named one of three finalists (along with Kevin Stallings and Chris Lowery) for the Michigan Wolverines' head coaching position the day before the championship game. WVU defeated Clemson 78–73 in a championship match. Beilein's NIT career record climbed to 14–6.

The University of Michigan reported on April 3, 2007, that it had recruited Beilein to fill the vacancy in the coaching field. Tommy Amaker, who had been fired after struggling to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in his six seasons, was fired. Beilein inherited a scholarship reduction in the Ed Martin case, where NCAA rules had been broken. During the 2007–08 season, the team struggled to a 10–22 (5–13) record.

The 2008–09 Wolverines, Beilein's second Michigan team, took a major leap forward. The Wolverines defeated #4-ranked UCLA on November 20, the first victory over a top-five team in ten years. Michigan defeated a top-five opponent in a rematch against #4 ranked Duke on December 6, their second win of the season. On December 22, the Wolverines made their first appearance since February 6, 2006. On February 26, Michigan defeated the #16-ranked Purdue team 87–78, raising the team's record to 3–4 against ranked opponents on the season. Michigan was seeded seven seeds in the 2009 Big Ten tournament at the end of the 2008–09 Big Tension season. The Wolverines' twentieth of the season came after a victory over Iowa in the Big Ten tournament on March 12. Beilein had won 20-win seasons at seven different schools, four of whom were at Division I (Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia, Michigan). The Wolverines in Beilein earned a ticket to the 2009 NCAA tournament, the school's first appearance in 11 years. In the second round, Michigan defeated the seventh-seeded Clemson Tigers 659–59 before losing 73–63.

The 2010–11 team was not expected to be profitable, according to the Detroit News, who saw them finish tenth in the 11-team conference. The team won eight of its last 11 games, including two games against Michigan State (the team's first season sweep against them in 14 years), to finish fourth in the conference with a 9-9 record. Michigan State's first victory since 1997 was the first since 1997. Michigan's victory over Illinois gave Beilein his second 20-win season at Michigan in his 1,000th game as a head coach in the Big Ten tournament. Michigan defeated Tennessee 75-45, the first team to win a tournament game without making a free throw in the 2011 NCAA tournament. Michigan defeated by a 3rd big difference in its NCAA tournament history (second-most if vacated games are excluded), and the game marked John Beilein's ninth straight appearance in the league's first game in a postseason tournament (5 NCAA and 4 NIT). In the next round, the Wolverines defeated #1-seeded Duke, 73-71, after missing a potential game-tying shot in the final seconds.

The 2011–12 Wolverines began the season in a coveted top-25 ranking, and they stayed there all season. On January 17, the team defeated 9th-ranked Michigan State, 60-59. It was Beilein's third straight victory over the Spartans, nine days after Beilein won his first match over Wisconsin, 59–41. The Wolverines defeated another top-ten foe, 6th-ranked Ohio State, 551-51, on February 18. Beilein's first victory in Big Ten play was clinched following the win. Michigan defeated Illinois for the first time since 1995, snaping a 13-game losing streak in Champaign. For the first time since the 1985–86 team, the Wolverines won a share of the Big Ten Championship, going 12-10 overall and 13-5.

Beilein was helming the 2012–13 Wolverines for the sixth time in his career. Beilein won his first match as a head coach at Michigan (December 8 vs. West Virginia) and his 100th win as a head coach (January 9 vs. Nebraska). Michigan won by 400th straight on a night when the school record for the best start in school history was tied for the 16th straight victory. Michigan also got off to a 19–1 start to a season in school history. Michigan was ranked number one in the AP Poll with 51 of the 65 first place votes on January 28. It was the first time Michigan had ranked atop the AP Poll since the 1992-1993 team did so on December 5, 1992. John Beilein was selected as an assistant coach for the 2013 World University Games. Michigan defeated South Dakota State, 756–56, in the 2013 NCAA tournament. The team beat Beilein's career high in its South Regional opening game, and in so doing so, it tied for the team's record of 27 victories. Michigan then surpassed this record and advanced by defeating fifth-seeded Virginia Commonwealth, 78–53, and top-seeded Kansas, 87–85, 79–59, a first-seeded Florida for the first time since 1993. The Wolverines advanced to the national championship game against Louisville, where they lost, 82-76. Despite the NCAA's coercioning Louisville to forfeit all NCAA men's basketball titles from 2011–2015 Beilein refused in a public statement that the University of Michigan did not win the 2013 championship, saying, "We didn't win it all." We lost to a fantastic team. If anyone else wants to come and say, 'You won it all, you're the champion.' "We'll take it," Beilein said Tuesday. "But I'm not going to reveal it." Beilein was the most innovative coach in college basketball during the following offseason. Beilein signed his second contract extension from the 2018–19 season, bringing his annual salary to $2,450,000.

The 2013–14 squad was ranked in the top 10 to start the season, but they lost four non-conference games to fall out of the polls for the first time in more than two seasons. Then, the team won three games in a row against top-ranked conference opponents, including a road victory over 3rd-ranked Wisconsin en route to a 10-game winning streak. Michigan beat Michigan's first outright regular season Big Ten championship since 1986, led to a 15–3 conference record. The Wolverines secured a second seed in the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the Elite Eight to eventual runner-up Kentucky. Beilein was one of ten finalists for the USBWA's Henry Iba Award for Coach of the Year. On March 1 against Minnesota, he clinched his fourth straight conference championship and second at Michigan, and won the trophy outright three days later at Illinois. By the media, Beilein was named Big Ten Coach of the Year following the regular season. The United States Basketball Writers Association awarded District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI) Coach of the Year on March 11 by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Beilein was selected as one of five finalists for the Naismith College Coach of the Year and one of fifteen finalists for the Jim Phelan Award. Beilein won his 700th game of the NCAA tournament in Michigan's second game of the 2014 NCAA tournament, against Texas, on March 22. Michigan led Michigan on to defeat the #11 seed University of Tennessee before losing to #8 seed Kentucky 75–72.

The 2014-15 team ranked 23nd in the Coaches' Poll and ranked 24 in the AP Poll for the first time in the season. In December, the team suffered in the preconference schedule, losing four games in a row. The team lost Caris LeVert and Derrick Walton to injuries in January and December 19, after a 6–3 conference record ended 8–10 and 16–16 overall (going 5–9 in games without LeVert and Walton). Michigan extended Beilein's deal into the 2020–21 season prior to the 2015-16 season.

During the Wolverines' 2016–17 season, the Wolverines won their 200th match as a head coach (December 22 vs. Penn State), and their 500th Division I win as a head coach (February 22 vs. Rutgers). Beilein defeated Illinois on March 9, 2017 in the second straight Tennent tournament, making him the second coach in program history to win 200 games with the Wolverines. Michigan won its first Big Ten tournament title since being vacated in 1998. The Wolverines advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with victories over 10th-seeded Oklahoma State and 2nd-seeded Louisville.

Beilein's position as the David and Meredith Kaplan Men's Basketball Head Coach at Michigan was renamed in June 2017. David Kaplan and his partner, Meredith Kaplan, and the University of Michigan Athletic Department received a $7.5 million donation for the head basketball position and other items.

The 2017–18 Wolverines won their second straight Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament championship. In 2010, and 2011, they were the first team to win consecutive tournament championships since Ohio State. In the West regional finals of the 2018 NCAA tournament, Michigan defeated Florida State 554-54. Michigan defeated the 1994–93 and 2012–13 teams for the eighth time in program history, defeating the previous record of 31 wins set by the 1992–93 and 2012–13 teams. Villanova defeated Loyola Chicago in the Final Four game, losing to Villanova in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.

Accolades came from Beilein's way. Beilein was named the CBSSports.com Coach of the Year prior to the start of the Final Four. Beilein was inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan during the offseason.

The 2018-19 Wolverines were ranked 18 in the Coaches' Poll and number 19 in the AP Poll to start the season, after their late season burst and solid tournament play. Beilein won his 800th game as a head coach after beating Norfolk State on November 6, 2018. Michigan defeated Villanova 73–46 in a rematch of the 2018 national championship game. Michigan defeated ranked North Carolina, Purdue, and Indiana teams in their first 17 games of the season. In doing so, the 2018–19 team set the school record for most wins to begin a season (surpassing the 2012–13 and 1985–86 teams by a game) and tied for the most consecutive victories ever. Michigan eventually lost to Wisconsin on January 19 but had the honor of being the country's last undefeated team with Virginia. The Wolverines defeated Montana and Florida in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight 30-win season (first in school history) and their third straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Beilein retired as a head coach in Michigan, with two trips to the national championship game, two Big Ten titles, and two Big Ten tournament titles in his time.

NBA coaching career

Beilein was appointed head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on May 13, 2019, a five-year deal. Beilein was chastised for adapting his college game coaching style to the pros, with too much emphasis on basics and an offense that is not well suited to the NBA. He apologised for saying that his team was no longer playing "like a bunch of thugs" during a film session, but misspoke it. During his tenure, Beilein recruited Lindsay Gottlieb as the first woman coach to join the NBA from a college head coaching position.

Beilein resigned as the head coach of the Cavaliers on February 19, 2020, with the team announcing that he would be "reassigned to a different position within the organization." After Jerry Tarkanian of the Spurs (1992–1993) and Randy Ayers of the 76ers (2003–2004), Beilein became the third head coach since 1990, he was the third first-year head coach since 1990.

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