Mike Magpayo is an American men's college basketball head coach for the UC Riverside Highlanders. In July 2020, Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I men's basketball head coach of full Asian heritage.

Early life

Magpayo is a native of

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. He attended UC Santa Barbara, graduating with a degree in business economics in 2001. He was a high school basketball coach from 2001 to 2010. Magpayo also served as the CEO of a multi-million dollar real estate company in Southern California.

Coaching career

Magpayo served as an assistant at

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from 2010 to 2014. He was an assistant at Campbell from 2014 to 2017. During the 2016-17 season, Campbell reached the

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championship game as well as the CIT quarterfinals in the school's first postseason appearance since 1992. Magpayo served as the director of operations at San Francisco during the 2017-18 season, helping the team to a 22-7 record. Magpayo joined the staff of David Patrick at UC Riverside in 2018. He helped the team improve from nine wins in his first season to 17 wins in the 2019-20 season. In June 2020, he was promoted to associate head coach. Magpayo was named head coach on July 1, after Patrick left to become an assistant at Arkansas. Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I head coach of full Asian heritage. After leading the Highlanders to a 14-8 record in his first season, on May 21, 2021, Magpayo signed a five year extension with UC Riverside.

Head coaching record

Personal life

Magpayo's parents Lito and Nenet were born and raised in the Philippines. His wife, Caroline, attended UC Riverside.

References

External links

UC Riverside profileSan Francisco profileColumbia profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magpayo, Mike year of birth unknown Living people American men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from California Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball coaches College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Columbia Lions men's basketball coaches People from Hacienda Heights, California San Francisco Dons men's basketball coaches UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball coaches University of California, Santa Barbara alumni American sportspeople of Filipino descent