Mitch Oliver is entering his fifth season as head men’s basketball coach and his fourth year as an Assistant Athletic Director at Albertus Magnus College.

Oliver and his squad are coming off a 2010-11 campaign that saw the Falcons register 86.2 points per contest in its 29-game season. The Falcons registered an 18-11 overall mark, while finishing the season with a 14-4 record in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play.

Junior Ray Askew was named to the D3hoops.com All-Region Second Team as the forward averaged 22.0 points and 11.4 rebounds per game to lead the Falcons in virtually every category during the 2010-11 season. Askew was also named to the GNAC All-Conference First Team, while Darius Watson was tagged as the conference’s Rookie of the Year. Walden St. Juste earned Second Team All-Conference honors as well.

In 2010, Oliver led Albertus to a 23-7 overall record and a 15-3 mark in the GNAC en route to being named the GNAC Coach of the Year. During that season, the Falcons battled their way into the NCAA Tournament as they earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after winning the GNAC Championship title. 

The Falcons defeated No. 5 William Patterson University 57-55 on a buzzer beater to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament where they were defeated by DeSales University.  The 2010 season proved to be the greatest season in the history of the program thus far as Albertus received Top-25 votes to conclude the season with the Falcons being ranked 35th out of 404 teams in the final poll.  Sophomore Ray Askew was named the 2010 GNAC Player of the Year in addition to earning First Team All-New England honors.  Walden St. Juste and Jefferson Lora were also named to the GNAC All- Conference Team, garnering Second Team and Third Team awards, respectively.  Albertus also faced a Division I opponent in Yale University for the first time in program history.   

In 2009, Coach Oliver led Albertus to its' first winning season in seven years as well as the GNAC semi-finals. In addition, the Falcons had a 78-50 upset playoff victory over No. 2 seed Emerson College to. The 14 wins were more than the last four seasons combined and a 10-win improvement from the previous season. Freshman Ray Askew was named 2008-09 GNAC Rookie of the Year, Francisco Cordova was named Third Team All-Conference and Walden St Juste was named to the GNAC All-Tournament Team.

Before Albertus, Oliver had been a veteran of a decade as a Division I Men's Assistant Basketball Coach, recently serving seven seasons at Northeast Conference member Quinnipiac University. Oliver acted as the program’s recruiting coordinator and helped the Bobcats to three Northeast Conference semifinal appearances and one Northeast Conference Championship game appearance, which was televised nationally on ESPN.

During Oliver's tenure he helped the Bobcats capture the Hofstra University 2002 Tipoff Tournament Championship and the 2003 Hawaii-Hilo Tournament Championship. Quinnipiac also made an appearance in the prestigious Preseason NIT in 2004.

While at Quinnipiac, Oliver recruited and coached seven All-NEC players, one NEC Rookie of the Year and 13 players who moved on to play at the professional level.

Before arriving at Quinnipiac, Oliver also served three seasons as assistant men's basketball coach at Northeast Conference Division I Sacred Heart University. Oliver started his career as an assistant basketball coach at both Foran and Bunnell High Schools.