Mike Gansey
Mike Gansey
Mike Gansey was named General Manager in February 2022 and is responsible for assisting President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman in scouting and personnel decisions. He previously served as Assistant General Manager starting in July 2017.
Gansey was also previously General Manager for the Cleveland Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned NBA G League team, where he earned the 2016-17 NBA G League Executive of the Year award. Gansey presided over a Charge team that reached the playoffs in each of his five seasons with the team.
Gansey held a leadership role in the Charge’s front office for five seasons (2012-2017), including two seasons as the general manager and three as director of G League operations. In addition to his role with the Charge, Gansey also served as a scout for the Cavaliers. He had previously spent the 2011-12 season as the Cavaliers’ basketball operations seasonal assistant.
In Gansey’s five seasons with the Charge, the team had great success on the court. The Charge won a franchise-record 31 games twice (2014-15 and 2015-16), reached the postseason in all five seasons (the only NBA G League team to do so over that span) and reached the conference finals twice.
Gansey, 40, is a native of Olmsted Falls and played collegiately at West Virginia, where he led his team to the Elite Eight as a junior and helped the Mountaineers reach the Sweet 16 as a senior. He was named a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Award, the Wooden Award and the Naismith Trophy and won a gold medal with Team USA in the 2005 World University Games. Following his college career, he played professionally overseas for three seasons and in the NBA G League for two. Gansey resides in Avon with his wife, Amy, three daughters, Reagan, Emerson and Harper, and son, Griffin.
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January 27, 2025 10:52 am