Mike Magpayo
{{short description|American college basketball coach (born 1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
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| name = Mike Magpayo
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Fordham Rams
| current_conference = A10
| current_record = {{winpct|0|0|record=y}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|9}}{{cite web|url=https://www.coachesdatabase.com/mike-magpayo/|title=Mike Magpayo|website=coachesdatabase.com|access-date=July 29, 2024}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| alma_mater = UC Santa Barbara ('01)
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| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 2010–2014
| coach_team1 = Columbia (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2014–2017
| coach_team2 = Campbell (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2018–2020
| coach_team3 = UC Riverside (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2020–2025
| coach_team4 = UC Riverside
| coach_years5 = 2025–present
| coach_team5 = Fordham
| admin_years1 = 2017–2018
| admin_team1 = San Francisco (Dir. of Basketball Ops.)
| overall_record = {{winpct|89|63|record=y}}
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| awards = Big West Coach of the Year (2023)
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Mike Magpayo (born November 9, 1979) is an American men's college basketball head coach for the Fordham Rams. In July 2020, Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I men's basketball head coach of full Asian heritage.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/11/25/mike-magpayo-uc-riverside-basketball|title='It's a Responsibility': History-Making Mike Magpayo Ready to Make a Difference On and Off the Court|last=Steinberg|first=Emma|date=25 November 2020|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=12 December 2021}}
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.{{cite web |title=Mike Magpayo |url=https://gohighlanders.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-magpayo/854 |website=UC Riverside Highlanders |access-date=July 7, 2020}}
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.{{cite web |title=Men's Basketball names associate coach to top job |url=https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/07/01/mens-basketball-names-associate-coach-top-job |website=UC Riverside |access-date=July 7, 2020 |date=July 1, 2020}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Robin |first1=Brian |title=David Patrick Leaves UCR men's basketball; Mike Magpayo new acting coach |url=https://www.pe.com/2020/07/01/david-patrick-leaves-ucr-mens-basketball-mike-magpayo-new-acting-coach/ |access-date=July 7, 2020 |work=The Press-Enterprise |date=July 1, 2020}} Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I head coach of full Asian heritage.{{cite news |last1=Giongco |first1=Mike |title=Filipino coach Mike Magpayo makes US NCAA Division 1 history |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/397775/filipino-coach-mike-magpayo-makes-us-ncaa-division-1-history |access-date=July 7, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=July 4, 2020}}
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.{{cite web |title=Mike Magpayo Extended as Head Men's Basketball Head Coach |url=https://gohighlanders.com/news/2021/5/21/mens-basketball-mike-magpayo-extended-as-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx |website=UC Riverside Highlanders |access-date=August 15, 2021 |date=May 21, 2021}} On March 28, 2025, Magpayo signed a contract with Fordham University to become their head coach.
Head coaching record
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|name=UC Riverside
|startyear=2020
|conference=Big West Conference
|endyear=2025
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| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = UC Riverside
| overall = 14–8
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = UC Riverside
| overall = 16–12
| conference = 9–6
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = UC Riverside
| overall = 22–12
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = UC Riverside
| overall = 16–18
| conference = 10–10
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = UC Riverside
| overall = 21–13
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NIT First round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = UC Riverside
| overall = {{winpct|89|63|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|55|32|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|89|63|record=y}}
}}
Personal life
Magpayo's parents Lito and Nenet were born and raised in the Philippines.{{cite news |last1=Ulanday |first1=John Bryan |title=US NCAA's first Filipino basketball head coach raring to make mark |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2020/07/05/2025823/us-ncaas-first-filipino-basketball-head-coach-raring-make-mark |access-date=July 7, 2020 |work=The Philippine Star |date=July 5, 2020}} His wife, Caroline, attended UC Riverside. They met in 2013, while Magpayo was an assistant at Columbia. {{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Mike Magpayo Named Head Men's Basketball Coach at Fordham University |url=https://atlantic10.com/news/2025/3/29/mike-magpayo-named-head-mens-basketball-coach-at-fordham-university.aspx |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=atlantic10.com |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://gohighlanders.com/staff-directory/mike-magpayo/327 UC Riverside profile]
- [https://usfdons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-magpayo/578 San Francisco profile]
- [https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-magpayo/852 Columbia profile]
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