MILWAUKEE – Bart Lundy is the new head men's basketball coach for the Milwaukee Panthers.
 
Lundy will be formally introduced during a news conference 10 a.m. Monday (March 28) at the Alumni Fireside Lounge in the UWM Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee.

The public is invited and welcome to join the event, which will also be livestreamed at MKEPanthers.com, available on the department's Black & Gold Network YouTube page.
 
Lundy comes to UWM after a very successful nine-year run at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina, posting a 30-4 record during the recently-completed 2021-22 campaign. He took his program to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh year in a row this season, advancing all the way to the Southeast Regional Championship game.
 
This winter, the team reached No. 4 in the national poll to mark the seventh straight year Queens will finish ranked in the Top 25 of the NABC national poll as well as make an appearance in the Top 10 over the course of the campaign. In fact, his teams have been ranked in the Top 25 in 111 of the last 112 polls dating back to November of 2015.
 
Lundy's resume is especially impressive over the past six seasons, posting 30-plus victories in four of them while registering a 163-30 mark (.845 winning percentage) in that stretch. His run of three consecutive seasons of 30-or-more victories from 2016 to 2019 (32/30/31) was matched only by Gonzaga across all NCAA levels in that timeframe.
 
The Royals reached the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2017-18 and the Elite Eight again in 2018-19, as well as advancing to the Sweet 16 on two occasions (2017/2022). Lundy had his team as the top seed in the tournament in 2017 and 2019 and the No. 2 seed in 2019, 2020, and 2022. His overall record in the NCAA Tournament is an impressive 13-6.

Lundy is the eighth head coach in Milwaukee's NCAA Division I era (1990-present) and the 23^rd since basketball first started on the campus back in 1896.
 
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT BART LUNDY
 
Jay Bilas, ESPN:
"Bart Lundy is a truly outstanding basketball coach, but he's so much more. His approach to building and sustaining a winning program is next level. Bart has high standards for everything within his program, and he works with his players to meet or exceed those standards together. Bart is a 'servant leader,' while at the same time being a tremendous competitor. That's a great combo."
 
Buzz Williams, Texas A&M head coach:
"Regardless of title or level, the impact Coach Lundy has had at each stop of his career is undeniable! UWM hired an elite coach who will have a distinct & exciting style of play, but more importantly, they have hired a forward-thinking leader who will help guide their program in a way that everyone will be proud of on & off the floor!"
 
Paul Biancardi, ESPN's National Director of Recruiting:
"Bart Lundy is a high-level basketball coach, teacher of the game and person. He will bring a hungry desire along with perspective on how a program is built. Bart knows what success looks like and how it is accomplished. In the near future, the program will experience winning under coach Lundy. This is one the best hires of the off-season!"