mike deane (born september 27, 1951) is an american college basketball coach who most recently was a men's assistant coach at james madison university. he retired at the end of the 2017 basketball season. he was previously head basketball coach at wagner college and was relieved of his duties on march 1, 2010, after which he took a two-year hiatus from the game. he had also held the head coach position at siena college, marquette university, and lamar university.