Neill Berry

Biography

The 2026-27 campaign will mark the sixth for Neill Berry as an assistant coach with the Marquette University men’s basketball program. Berry arrived in Milwaukee after spending three seasons (2018-21) as an assistant coach under Smart at Texas. Berry owns nearly 20 years of experience at the NCAA Division I level, including 15 as an assistant coach. In 2024-25, the Golden Eagles posted their third-straight 20-win season and participated in the NCAA tournament four the fourth-straight year. On the court, Kam Jones developed into a Consensus All-America selection, marking the third-straight year a Marquette player captured the accolade. MU also posted a standout season in the classroom, highlighted by a 3.28 team grade-point-average and Stevie Mitchell was named BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a CSC First Team Academic All-American. The 2023-24 campaign was highlighted by the program’s 17th all-time appearance in the Sweet 16 and the team’s 56 victories (29-7, 27-10) were the most in school history in a two-year span. Back-to-back Consensus All-America selection Tyler Kolek, just the third ever at Marquette, highlighted the team’s individual recognition on the court. Off the court, the Golden Eagles collected another record-setting effort in the classroom as a team and both Oso Ighodaro (Second Team) and Stevie Mitchell (Third Team) were named CSC Academic All-Americans. Berry helped guide Marquette to a historic level of success in 2022-23, highlighted by the program’

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