Mike Magpayo

Michael Lawrence Magpayo (born November 9, 1979)[1] is an American men's college basketball head coach for the UC Riverside Highlanders. In July 2020, Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I head coach of full Asian heritage.[2]

Mike Magpayo
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUC Riverside
ConferenceBig West
Record2–1
Biographical details
Born (1979-11-09) November 9, 1979
Los Angeles, California
Alma materUC Santa Barbara
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2014Columbia (assistant)
2014–2017Campbell (assistant)
2018–2020UC Riverside (assistant)
2020–presentUC Riverside
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2018San Francisco (Dir. of Basketball Ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall2–1 (.667)

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 Atlantic Sun 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.[2]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UC Riverside (Big West Conference) (2020–present)
2020–21 UC Riverside 2–10–0
UC Riverside: 2–1 (.667)0–0 (–)
Total:2–1 (.667)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Magpayo's parents Lito and Nenet were born and raised in the Philippines.[6] His wife, Caroline, attended UC Riverside.[4]

References
  1. "Michael Lawrence Magpayo was born on November 9, 1979 in Los Angeles County, California". californiabirthindex.org. California Birth Index. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. Giongco, Mike (July 4, 2020). "Filipino coach Mike Magpayo makes US NCAA Division 1 history". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. "Mike Magpayo". UC Riverside Highlanders. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. "Men's Basketball names associate coach to top job". UC Riverside. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  5. Robin, Brian (July 1, 2020). "David Patrick Leaves UCR men's basketball; Mike Magpayo new acting coach". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  6. 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.
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