Mick Cronin stands tall at the height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). He is currently serving as the head coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference.

In 1996, Mick Cronin received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of Cincinnati.

In the 1996–97 season, Mick Cronin took his first college coaching job as a video coordinator under Bob Huggins at the University of Cincinnati. Mick Cronin previously served as the head coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats for 13 seasons.

Mick Cronin had his first head coaching job at Murray State where he was hired in 2003. He led the team to the NCAA tournament twice in his three seasons there.

On April 9, 2019, Mick Cronin was named the fourteenth head coach of the UCLA Bruins, replacing the fired Steve Alford.

Mick Cronin coached the East team in the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic in the spring of 1996. Mick Cronin had been named the coach of the year of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in 2014.