Mike Czepil - Building Better Basketball

Today we’re joined by Michael Czepil, the new Head Coach of the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence Men’s Program.

Mike’s journey through basketball has given him a really interesting perspective on player and coach development. He grew up in Victoria and experienced the Australian pathway as a player before heading to the United States, where he went on to spend a significant part of his coaching career in NCAA Division I basketball.

Now he’s back in Australia and taking on one of the most important development roles in our game - working with some of the country’s best young male players and helping prepare them for what comes next, whether that’s college basketball, the professional game or ultimately representing Australia.

Today we’re going to talk about that journey, what Mike has learned from coaching in Australia and the US, what genuine high-performance player development looks like, and what coaches at every level can take from an elite development environment.