Michael Czepil was named an assistant coach with the UC Riverside men's basketball program on November 20, 2018 and enters his fourth season with the Highlanders going into the 2021-22 season. Czepil comes to UC Riverside with nearly 10 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, international, and semi-professional levels.
The Melbourne, Australia native attended Thomas Carr College and played his junior basketball for the Werribee Basketball Club, before enrolling at Nicholls State University, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Czepil was a two-time team captain for the Colonels and earned his undergraduate in print journalism.
Following his playing career, Czepil joined the staff at his alma mater and served as an assistant coach from 2010-2013.
In 2014, he returned to Australia and coached the Werribee Basketball Club in the semi-professional Big V League. After two seasons with the club, Czepilmoved on to take over as the high performance basketball coach for Basketball Victoria. During his time running the Basketball Victoria high-performance program, Czepil also performed Australian National Team duties, taking an assistant coaching role with the U18 Australian National Team that competed at the 2018 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany. The Australians finished second at the event, tied for its best finish in tournament history.
