Mike Sotsky completed his ninth season as a member of Tommy Amaker’s coaching staff in 2024-25 and was named in June 2020 to the Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, which recognizes the top 30 college basketball coaches under the age of 30.
Sotsky helped guide Robert Hinton ’28 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors during the 2024-25 season, marking the second straight year in which the Crimson captured the conference’s rookie of the year award. Harvard closed the year with a 5-2 mark in the second half of Ivy League play, finishing the year with a 7-7 Ivy record, standing as its best conference mark since 2019-20. Evan Nelson ’25 also gained a spot on the inaugural Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team.
Harvard posted a 14-13 overall record in 2023-24, standing as the 14th time in the last 15 competitive seasons that the Crimson notched a record of .500 or better. Sotsky coached Malik Mack ’27 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. Prior to the academic year, the Crimson took part in a comprehensive experience during a foreign tour of Canada in August 2023.
In 2022-23, Sotsky helped the Crimson post a 14-14 overall record, marking the 13th time in the last 14 competitive seasons that Harvard has tallied a record of .500 or better. Sotsky coached Chris Ledlum ’23, who earned First Team All-Ivy honors unanimously, while also capturing NABC All-District and USBWA All-District accolades.
Harvard returned to the hardwood in 2021-22 after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the 2020-21 campaign and finished 13-13 despite its roster being handcuffed by injuries the entire season. Noah Kirkwood carried the team statistically, leading all Crimson players in scoring, assists and steals, while ranking second in rebounding. For his efforts, Kirkwood was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection and landed on the NABC All-District 13 First Team.
In 2019-20, the Crimson reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2014-15, finishing with a 21-8 record. On the way to its fifth-highest win total in program history, Harvard defeated Power-5 conference foes Texas A&M and California and enjoyed a pair of lengthy winning streaks (eight games and six games). The Crimson earned a berth to the Ivy League Tournament after a runner-up finish in the regular season, but the league and university canceled the event and eventually the rest of the spring schedule, effectively ending the campaign. Despite the abrupt finish, Harvard had a First Team All-Ivy selection in Noah Kirkwood, while Chris Lewis, who completed his career as the school's all-time leader in blocked shots and field goal percentage, garnered second-team accolades.
In 2018-19, Harvard earned the Ivy League championship, its second straight, and the seventh in nine seasons. Bryce Aiken was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection, while Noah Kirkwood became Harvard’s fourth Ivy League Rookie of the Year under Amaker. The Crimson capped the 2018-19 season with its second-straight trip to the NIT, where it earned the first win in the event in program history, over Georgetown (71-68).
The Crimson captured its sixth Ivy League crown in program history in 2017-18 and earned its second-ever berth to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Seth Towns capped a tremendous season as the Ivy League Player of the Year and All-America selection, while Chris Lewis and Justin Bassey also garnered All-Ivy recognition. Harvard won 18 games for the second-straight season, doing so while playing one of the nation's toughest schedules.
In his first year on staff with the Crimson in 2016-17, Harvard appeared in the inaugural Ivy League tournament. The Crimson – the 10th-youngest team in the nation according to KenPom rankings – finished 18-10 overall, including a 10-4 mark in Ancient Eight play.
Sotsky worked with Duke in 2015-16, serving as the program’s staff assistant. With the Blue Devils, Sotsky helped with scouting, recruiting, day-to-day operations and team video needs.
Sotsky was a senior manager on the Blue Devils' 2015 NCAA championship team and was the 2015 co-recipient of the Gopal Varadhan Award, presented annually to the program’s top upperclassman manager.
The Wyckoff, New Jersey native graduated from Duke in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in history and public policy. Sotsky completed the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, earning a Masters in Education (Ed.M.) in May 2022.
