Pete Kahler joined the Detroit Mercy men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in June of 2016. Kahler is well acquainted with head coach Bacari Alexander as they worked together at Ohio University and the University of Michigan.
"Pete has been a reliable and tireless worker at various stops in Division I,” said coach Alexander. “His reputation as a clinician and student of the game resonates with coaches throughout the basketball landscape. We value his contacts in Ohio, New England and several Catholic Leagues throughout the Midwest.”
In his first season as an assistant in 2016-17, he helped forward Jaleel Hogan to career numbers on his way to Horizon League Second Team accolades. Gerald Blackshear Jr., also saw increased production from the front court and he worked with young players adapt to the college game in Malik Eichler and Cole Long.
Kahler spent the last six seasons with the University of Michigan men’s basketball program serving as the Director of Basketball Operations for the last three years and the team's video analyst for his first three.
In addition to general administration of the program, Kahler managed the Wolverines budget, scheduling, team travel, training table as well as assisting in the direction of the Wolverines’ basketball camps. He also assisted the staff with the video operations for the program.
He was a part of some of the greatest years in Michigan basketball history aiding the program to a pair of Big Ten championships as well as a Final Four and national runner-up appearance. In his six years, U-M averaged 23 wins per season and made five NCAA tournaments.
Before that, he worked with head coach Tim O’ Shea at Bryant University and Ohio University for a total of four years. At Bryant from 2008-10, he was the Director of Basketball Operations and was responsible for the program's video coordination, team travel, the monitoring of player's academics and directing all of Bryant's summer basketball camps. He also assisted in the program's transition from Division II to Division I.
At Ohio from 2006-08, he was a graduate assistant helping the Bobcats’ coaching staff with video scouting reports and handling the team's travel and operational activities, all while serving as the program’s assistant director of summer basketball camps.
He is a 2006 graduate of fellow Jesuit institution Xavier University with a bachelor's degree in Marketing. He is married to the former Allison Duda.
