EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsSt. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt is expected to retire after this season, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Saturday morning.The Bonnies play their final game of the regular season Saturday and will head to the Atlantic 10 tournament next week.Schmidt, 63, has been at the helm of St. Bonaventure for 19 seasons. He has led the program to three NCAA tournament appearances and two Atlantic 10 regular-season titles. He won Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year on two occasions, in 2016 and 2021.In 2018, the Bonnies won their final 12 games of the regular season to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. They were given an 11-seed and a spot in the First Four, where they beat UCLA before losing to Florida in the first round.Overall, Schmidt went 339-253 during his time in Olean, New York. He is the career wins leader in St. Bonaventure men's basketball history.Before taking over at St. Bonaventure in 2007, Schmidt spent six seasons as the head coach at Robert Morris, where he went 82-90. He also spent time as an assistant coach at Xavier, Loyola (Maryland) and Penn State.St. Bonaventure hired former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski as the program's general manager before last season, and he's expected to take a significant role in the search for Schmidt's replacement.
