Michael Alan Carey (born July 4, 1958)[1] is the former head coach of the West Virginia University women's basketball team.

Carey played basketball for Salem International University, earning a letter in each of his four years at the school.

[3] Born and raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia,[4] Carey was active in three sports while attending Liberty High School.

[2] After graduating from Salem in 1980 with a degree in physical education,[6] Carey was offered a position to be an assistant coach of the boys' team at the high school Flemington, West Virginia.

[8] Carey returned to his alma mater and became the assistant coach for the Salem men's basketball program in 1987.

[11] In 2007–08, the team earned its first top 20 ranking in school history, reaching as high as 11th place in both major polls.

The team was ranked as high as #7 in the AP Poll during the year, and reached semi-finals of the Big East women's basketball tournament, only to fall to Connecticut.

Notre Dame had only a single loss prior to the win, and was ranked # 2 in the nation, by both the AP and ESPN Coaches poll.

[16] On March 16, 2022, Carey announced his retirement as the head coach of the WVU women's basketball team citing that he wanted to spend more time with family.

He retired as the winningest women's basketball coach in the university's history and took the team to the NCAA tournament ten times.

[17] In 2022, Carey was replaced by Dawn Plitzuweit who previously served as the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of South Dakota.

In response to this, Carey announced his interest in returning as the head coach of the women's team at WVU.