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Coaching Career
Mikhail Lerone McLean (born August 15th 1991) joined the Cougars' full-time staff as assistant director for player development for the 2016-17 season. In his time there the Cougars have had 4 post season appearances. This year the Cougars finished with a 33-4 record, the best in program history, and was ranked in the Top 25 for 115 consecutive weeks reaching as high as #8. They made the NCAA tournament as a 3 seed and defeated Georgia State, Ohio State and lost to Kentucky in the Sweet 16. The previous year, McLean helped the Cougars to a 27 win season losing to Michigan in the Round of 32 at the buzzer.He entered the professional ranks with the Cougars as a graduate assistant during the 2015-16 season and assisted with Scouting Reports, Video Breakdowns, Statistics and Academics.

Playing Career
On the court, he competed in 101 games during his collegiate career with 34 starts. He scored a career-high 14 points against crosstown-rival Rice as a senior and grabbed 10 rebounds at TCU in 2012 before being sidelined with a foot injury. In his tenure at Houston, McLean and his teammates got wins over Top 25 Programs UCONN (National Champion 2014), Memphis, SMU, Arkansas and UCF. McLean broke his foot 5 times while playing at the University of Houston and was forced to retire from playing basketball early.

Education
McLean was a five-time member of the conference Commissioner's Honor Roll/All-Academic Team during his career and received the Conference USA Winter Spirit of Service Award in 2013 with a 3.7 Cumulative GPA. McLean received his bachelor's degree in health promotions in three years from the University of Houston in 2013. He followed that with his master's degree in health education from UH in 2015.

Honors & Awards
- Conference USA Winter Spirit of Service Award

- 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

- 2013-14 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

- 2012-13 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

- 2010-11 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

Family
Mikhail married his wife Arrion, both alumni of UH, in 2017 and their son Mikhail Jr "MJ" was born in September 2018. Mikhail was born in Nassau, Bahamas to Leroy & Olivia McLean.