Mike Cretens has been named the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Bay College.

Mike Cretens has been an assistant with the Bay College Men's Basketball Team for the past four seasons and helped the Norse to two Northern Conference Championships and two second place finishes in conference.  In 2023-2024 the Norse ended up as the runner-up in the Great Lakes District A Championship Game.  Bay College amassed a 100-24 record over those four years, including a 50-6 record in conference.

Prior to his time at Bay, Cretens was the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Men's and Women's Basketball Teams at Trine University in Indiana.  Trine was 18-9 and 10-4 in that season and bowed out of the conference tournament in the semifinal round.

Cretens was in the Upper Peninsula in 2020-2021 and took the reigns of the Gladstone High School Boy's Basketball Team.  He was responsible for leading all components of the Braves Basketball Program and oversaw the development of athletes from the youth level on up to the varsity.

Coach Cretens spent two years at William Woods University from 2019 to 2021 and served as the Graduate Assistant Coach for the Men's Basketball Team there.  He was tasked with assisting with game scouts and game plans, managing game schedules and travel schedules, recruiting, and development of post players and shooters.  

Coach Cretens also coached in the Great Northern Basketball Program from 2018-2021 where he was responsible for three AAU teams during that period.  He also served as the Freshman Basketball Coach for Gladstone High School from 2017-2018.  He also had stints as a strength and conditioning coach at Mississippi State University and Tusculum University.  Coach Cretens played his collegiate basketball at Gogebic Community College before finishing off his career at Finlandia University.

Coach Cretens becomes the second Head Coach in the Men's Basketball Program at Bay College in the modern era.

"I have enjoyed working with Mike the past 4 seasons and have all the confidence in the world that he will do an incredible job," said Johnson.  "He has been a huge part of what we have been able to build.  Mike's resume and experience speak for itself; he is a great recruiter, a very knowledgeable coach, and will do an incredible job building relationships with players, coaches, and the Norse community."

"I'm incredibly honored and grateful for the opportunity to lead the Bay College Men's Basketball Program," said Mike Cretens.  "Being born and raised here, this is truly special to me. This is home, and I take great pride in leading a program that represents our community. I'm excited to build on what we've established and give everything I have to this program, this community, and these student athletes. Go Norse!"