| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UC Riverside |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 58–41 (.586) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UC Santa Barbara ('01) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2014 | Columbia (assistant) |
| 2014–2017 | Campbell (assistant) |
| 2018–2020 | UC Riverside (assistant) |
| 2020–present | UC Riverside |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2017–2018 | San Francisco (Dir. of Basketball Ops.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 58–41 (.586) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (2023) | |
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.[1][2]
Early life
Magpayo is a native of Hacienda Heights, California. 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.[3]
Coaching career
Magpayo served as an assistant at Columbia from 2010 to 2014. He was an assistant at Campbell from 2014 to 2017. During the 2016-17 season, Campbell reached the ASUN Conference 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.[4]
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.[5] Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I head coach of full Asian heritage.[1]
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.[6]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Riverside (Big West Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | UC Riverside | 14–8 | 8–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 2021–22 | UC Riverside | 16–12 | 9–6 | 6th | |||||
| 2022–23 | UC Riverside | 22–12 | 14–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2023–24 | UC Riverside | 6–9 | 1–2 | ||||||
| UC Riverside: | 58–41 (.586) | 32–18 (.640) | |||||||
| Total: | 58–41 (.586) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
Magpayo's parents Lito and Nenet were born and raised in the Philippines.[7] His wife, Caroline, attended UC Riverside.[4]
References
- 1 2 Giongco, Mike (July 4, 2020). "Filipino coach Mike Magpayo makes US NCAA Division 1 history". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ Steinberg, Emma (November 25, 2020). "'It's a Responsibility': History-Making Mike Magpayo Ready to Make a Difference On and Off the Court". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Mike Magpayo". UC Riverside Highlanders. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- 1 2 "Men's Basketball names associate coach to top job". UC Riverside. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ Robin, Brian (July 1, 2020). "David Patrick Leaves UCR men's basketball; Mike Magpayo new acting coach". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Mike Magpayo Extended as Head Men's Basketball Head Coach". UC Riverside Highlanders. May 21, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ↑ Ulanday, John Bryan (July 5, 2020). "US NCAA's first Filipino basketball head coach raring to make mark". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 7, 2020.