Mike Magpayo (born November 9, 1979)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UC Riverside Highlanders
Current conference: Big West Conference
UC Riverside record: 52-32 (.619)
Overall record: 52-32 (.619)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Big West Regular Season Champion:  0
• Big West Tournament Champion:  0

Awards:

• Joe B. Hall Award:  1  (2021)
• Big West Coach of the Year:  1  (2023)

 

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2020-present	UC Riverside
2018-2020	UC Riverside (asst)
2017-2018	San Francisco (asst)
2014-2017	Campbell (asst)
2010-2014	Columbia (DBO/asst)

Mike Magpayo Facts

• Mike Magpayo
• Born November 9, 1979
• Hometown: Hacienda Heights, California
• Alma Mater: University of California, Santa Barbara (BS, 2001)
• After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Magpayo became a high school basketball coach in Southern California (2001-2010)
  • Also served as CEO of a multi-million dollar real estate firm for seven years and founded the Asian Coaches Association
• Joined Kyle Smith‘s staff at Columbia in 2010, working with the Lions for four seasons as a DBO and assistant coach
• Spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Campbell in the Big South, working under head coach Kevin McGeehan
• Reunited with Smith in 2017, spending one season on his staff at San Francisco before headed back down to SoCal
• Was an assistant coach for two seasons at UC Riverside under David Patrick; was promoted to associate head coach in 2020
• In July 2020, Patrick announced that he was leaving for Arkansas and Magpayo was named the Highlanders’ head coach
  • Given the 2021 Joe B. Hall Award, honoring the nation’s top first-year head coach
  • In 2022-23, the Highlanders won 20+ games and Magpayo was named Big West COY

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