Mike Magpayo

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Mike Magpayo
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamFordham Rams
ConferenceA10
Record7–4 (.636)
Biographical details
Born (1979-11-09) November 9, 1979 (age 46)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUC Santa Barbara ('01)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2014Columbia (assistant)
2014–2017Campbell (assistant)
2018–2020UC Riverside (assistant)
2020–2025UC Riverside
2025–presentFordham
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2018San Francisco (Dir. of Basketball Ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall96–67 (.589)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big West Coach of the Year (2023)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Mike Magpayo (born November 9, 1979)[1] 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.[2][3]

Early life

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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.[4]

Coaching career

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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.[5]

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.[6] Magpayo became the first NCAA Division I head coach of full Asian heritage.[2]

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.[7] On March 28, 2025, Magpayo signed a contract with Fordham University to become their head coach.

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UC Riverside (Big West Conference) (2020–2025)
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 16–18 10–10 T–5th
2024–25 UC Riverside 21–13 14–6 T–3rd NIT First round
UC Riverside: 89–63 (.586) 55–32 (.632)
Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2025–present)
2025–26 Fordham 7–4 0–0
Fordham: 7–4 (.636) 0–0 (–)
Total: 96–67 (.589)

      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

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Magpayo's parents Lito and Nenet were born and raised in the Philippines.[8] His wife, Caroline, attended UC Riverside.[5] They met in 2013, while Magpayo was an assistant at Columbia. [9]

References

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