Mike Long (born October 13, 1946 in Albany, New York) is an American basketball coach and former basketball player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at Hudson Valley Community College. In November 2019, he won his 500th career game. He has been inducted into four different Halls of Fame: The College of Saint Rose Hall of Fame (April 1992), Bishop Maginn High School (Former Vincentian Institute) Athletics Hall of Fame (May 2006), and the NYS Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame (June 2010) alongside Capital District coaching legend Doc Sauers. In September 2019, he was inducted into the Sage Colleges Athletic Hall of Fame. Youth Growing up in Menands, NY, Long's primary sport as a child was baseball. He played pitcher, and while playing Little League pitched numerous no-hitters and on one occasion pitched a perfect game, striking out all 18 batters to face him. When he reached high school, Long transferred to Vincentian Institute, a co-ed private school located in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Albany, NY. Playing career At V.I, Long lettered in both basketball and baseball, excelling at both. As the ace of V.I's pitching staff, Long was briefly scouted to play Major League Baseball. After throwing out his arm his senior year, Long decided to attend Siena College to play basketball. For a guard-forward who stood , Long was a prolific scorer and rebounder for Siena. Because freshmen at the time were not allowed to play varsity sports, he played for the freshman team his first year. After moving up to varsity, he instantly became the team's "go-to guy". He came down with mono his junior season, which sidelined him for half of that year. Nevertheless, he scored 862 career points. He possessed an outstanding shooting touch in an era before the three-point line came into existence. If it had been in use during Long's playing career, and if freshmen were allowed to play varsity at the time and he didn't miss significant time due to illness, one could imagine that scoring total would be well over 1,000. In his senior year, he led the team in scoring with 462 total points for an average of 18.5 per game, both of which still rank in the top 20 single-season scoring annals at the college. That year, he also averaged 8.2 rebounds, which ranks in the top 15 in school annals for rebounds per game.