Michael Czepil (born October 28, 1987)
Current position: Interim head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Sacramento State Hornets
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Sacramento State record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 0-0 (.000)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2024-present | Sacramento State (interim HC) |
2022-2024 | Sacramento State (assoc. HC) |
2018-2022 | UC Riverside (asst) |
2010-2013 | Nicholls (asst) |
Michael Czepil Facts
- Michael John Czepil
- Born October 28, 1987
- Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
- Alma Mater: Nicholls State University (BA, 2010 & MA, 2013)
- The Australian guard played collegiately at Nicholls for head coach J.P. Piper (2005-09) and later got his start as an assistant coach for three seasons under Piper at his alma mater
- Returned to his native country, eventually spending two years (2015-17) as the head coach of the Werribee Basketball Association’s men’s squad (a third-tier professional team)
- From 2016-18, he also led the Victoria Metropolitan basketball program in Melbourne, and in April 2018 he was an assistant coach for the U18 Australian National Team
- In 2018, he was hired by David Patrick, who had also grown up in Melbourne, as an assistant coach at UC Riverside
- Spent four total seasons at UCR, two under Patrick and two under Mike Magpayo
- Linked up with Patrick again in 2022, becoming his associate head coach at Sacramento State
- Named interim head coach of the Hornets for the 2024-25 season following Patrick‘s resignation in May 2024
Michael Czepil Coaching Tree
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