Michael Czepil (ZEH-pull; born 5 June 1986) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. Czepil was the interim head coach for the Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team during the 2024–25 season.

Early life and college

Michael Czepil was born on 5 June 1986, and is from the Melbourne suburb of Hoppers Crossing.^[1] After attending Thomas Carr College for secondary school,^[2] Czepil attended Nicholls State University, where he played basketball.^[3] While at Nicholls, Czepil's college career was hampered by injuries.^[4]

Coaching career

Following his playing career at Nicholls, Czepil became an assistant coach for the basketball team in 2010.^[4] In 2015, Czepil became the head coach of the Werribee Devils, a team in the Australian semi-professional basketball league, the Big V.^[5] Concurrently with his time at Werribee, Czepil also coached the Basketball Victoria high performance team, which eventually led to him resigning from Werribee due to time constraints.^[6] In 2018, Czepil led the U18 Australian National Team at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany.^[7][8] Czepil returned to American basketball in 2018 when he became an assistant basketball coach for the UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team.^[9][10] In 2021, Czepil was promoted to associate head basketball coach for UC Riverside.^[11] Czepil followed former UC Riverside head coach David Patrick to Sacramento State, where he became the associate head basketball coach.^[12] Before the 2024–25 season, Patrick left Sacramento State for a position on the LSU Tigers men's basketball team,^[13] causing Czepil to be named interim head coach for Sacramento State.^[14] Czepil heavily recruited many Australian basketball players to Sacramento State shortly after becoming interim head coach.^[15] Czepil finished his season as interim head coach with a 7–25 record.^[16]

Head coaching record

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