Mike Magpayo

Last updated

Mike Magpayo
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team UC Riverside
Conference Big West
Record68–50 (.576)
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–presentUC Riverside
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2018 San Francisco (Dir. of Basketball Ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall68–50 (.576)
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]

Contents

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

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UC Riverside (Big West Conference)(2020–present)
2020–21 UC Riverside 14–88–43rd
2021–22 UC Riverside 16–129–66th
2022–23 UC Riverside 22–1214–63rd
2023–24 UC Riverside 16–1810–10T-5th
UC Riverside:68–50 (.576)41–26 (.612)
Total:68–50 (.576)

      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. [7] His wife, Caroline, attended UC Riverside. [4]

Related Research Articles

James Allen Wooldridge is an American former college basketball coach and athletics administrator. Wooldridge was head coach at Central Missouri State, Texas State, Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, and UC Riverside. After his coaching career, Wooldridge served as athletic director at UC Riverside and Riverside City College.

Michael E. Miller is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UC Riverside Highlanders</span> Intercollegiate sports teams of the University of California, Riverside

The UC Riverside Highlanders represent the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California in 15 men's and women's intercollegiate athletics. The Highlanders compete in NCAA Division I; they are members of the Big West Conference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stan Morrison</span> American retired college basketball coach and athletic director

Stanley Mack Morrison is an American retired college basketball coach and athletic director. He was head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, from 1972 to 1979, University of Southern California (USC) from 1979 to 1986, and San Jose State University from 1989 to 1998.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball</span> College basketball team

The UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference and is led by coach Mike Magpayo. The Highlanders play their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena. The program had its greatest success as a Division II program, making it to three Final Fours and the national title game in 1995.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UC Riverside Highlanders baseball</span> American college baseball team

The UC Riverside baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of the University of California, Riverside, located in Riverside, California, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big West Conference since the start of the 2002 season. The program's home venue is the Riverside Sports Complex, located on the university's campus. Justin Johnson serves as the team's interim head coach starting with the 2021 season. The program has won two Division II national championships. It has appeared in four Division II College World Series and 12 NCAA tournaments. It has won eight California Collegiate Athletic Association championships and one Big West Conference championship. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 16 former Highlanders have appeared in Major League Baseball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013–14 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2013–14 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders are led by first year head coach Dennis Cutts and played their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 5–11 in Big West play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Conference tournament to UC Irvine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014–15 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2014–15 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by second year head coach Dennis Cutts and played their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 7–9 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to UC Irvine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016–17 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2016–17 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by fourth year head coach Dennis Cutts and played their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 7–21, 5–11 in Big West play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to UC Irvine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017–18 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2017–18 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by interim head coach Justin Bell, played their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena in Riverside, California, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 4–12 in Big West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big West tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to UC Davis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Patrick (basketball)</span> Australian basketball coach (born 1976)

David Patrick is an Australian college basketball coach who is the associate head coach for the LSU men's basketball team. He is the former head coach of the Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team and the UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team. He is the godfather of NBA player Ben Simmons.

Richard K. Croy is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team. Croy has been a basketball coach since 1999 and has held his current position at California Baptist since 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by first-year head coach David Patrick, competed at the SRC Arena. UC Riverside was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 18th consecutive season in that league.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019–20 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2019–20 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by second-year head coach David Patrick, played their home games at SRC Arena in Riverside, California as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 7–9 in Big West play to finish in sixth place. They were set to be the No. 6 seed in the Big West tournament. However, the Big West tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020–21 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball team season

The 2020–21 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by first-year head coach Mike Magpayo, played their home games at SRC Arena in Riverside, California as members of the Big West Conference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021–22 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2021–22 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by second-year head coach Mike Magpayo, played their home games at the on-campus Student Recreation Center Arena in Riverside, California, and competed as members of the Big West Conference.

Leopoldo Balayon III is a Filipino college basketball coach and athletic director in the United States. After a brief haitus, Balayon recently returned to Bethesda University and resumed his tenure as director of athletics while taking a break from coaching men's basketball. Prior to this Balayon founded the athletics program at Stanton University in Garden Grove, California. He also briefly served as athletic director and head men's basketball coach there. During his first tenure at Bethesda University, Balayon served as the director of athletics and men's basketball coach. Balayon is the first individual, born and raised, in the Philippines to become a college head men's basketball coach in the United States. He is also the only head men's basketball coach in college basketball history to lead a non-NCAA/NAIA program to two upset victories against an NCAA Division I opponent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022–23 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2022–23 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by third-year head coach Mike Magpayo, play their home games at SRC Arena in Riverside, California as members of the Big West Conference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023–24 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2023–24 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Mike Magpayo and play their games at the SRC Arena as members of the Big West Conference.

References

  1. 1 2 Giongco, Mike (July 4, 2020). "Filipino coach Mike Magpayo makes US NCAA Division 1 history". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. "Mike Magpayo". UC Riverside Highlanders . Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "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. "Mike Magpayo Extended as Head Men's Basketball Head Coach". UC Riverside Highlanders . May 21, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  7. 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.