The Journey to Becoming the 1st NCAA D1 Basketball Coach of Full Asian Heritage, Coaching UC Riverside’s Men’s Basketball Team, and Founding the Asian Coaches Association with Mike Magpayo

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews Mike Magpayo, Head Coach of the UC Riverside men’s basketball team and Founder & President of the Asian Coaches Association.

During the episode, Mike shares about his family’s background, where he grew up, and his experiences playing sports (3:07).

He talks about his early basketball coaching experiences, working in business and real estate for a number of years, and when he started seriously contemplating a career in coaching basketball (5:40).

He gives us an inside look at how he landed his first opportunity in college basketball at Columbia (8:35), how his experience in business and real estate has helped him in his basketball coaching career (14:46), and his college basketball coaching career journey to becoming the Head Coach for the UC Riverside men’s basketball team (18:55).

Mike discusses his experience as an Asian American college basketball coach, what led to him founding the Asian Coaches Association (22:53), what it means to him to be the first NCAA D1 men’s basketball Head Coach of full Asian heritage (28:30), and much more.

Mike Magpayo - UC Riverside Head Men's Basketball Coach Bio Page

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