The Fresno State men's basketball team will play its only exhibition on Friday at home against the NAIA's Fresno Pacific.
Last Updated: July 10, 2012
Michael Schwartz enters his second season on the Fresno State men's basketball staff, primarily responsible for game preparation, recruiting and skill development.
Before joining the Bulldog family, Schwartz spent four seasons as an assistant coach and sixth season overall as a member of the University of Miami (Fla.) men's basketball program. In 2010-11, Schwartz was instrumental in helping Miami post its third 20-win season in the last four years - and just the sixth time since the return of the program in 1985-86, with the Hurricanes going 21-15.
In his time as an assistant at Miami, Schwartz helped lead the Hurricanes to an overall record of 83-52 and three postseason appearances, making it to the NCAA second his first year and the NIT quarterfinals this past season. Schwartz was also key in guiding Miami to one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in 2007-08 when they posted the second-most wins in program history (23), including a school-record 14 wins at home and a program-best fifth-place finish in the ACC. The Canes broke into the Top 25 during his first three years as an assistant.
Prior to becoming an assistant coach, Schwartz served as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations at Miami. In that capacity, he handled video operations, including film breakdown and opponent scouting, supervised recruiting mail outs and served as a liaison with the team's managerial staff.
Schwartz joined the Hurricane staff in 2005 after one season as an assistant coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he helped direct the Roadrunners to a 15-13 overall record, including a 10-6 mark in Southland Conference play.
Before joining the staff at UT San Antonio, Schwartz served as the men's basketball video coordinator at the University of Texas for two seasons (2002-04). Schwartz played basketball at Texas in 1998-99 and was a member of the Longhorns' Big XII championship team.
Schwartz graduated from Texas in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in speech communication studies, and served as a graduate assistant at Texas from 1999 until 2001.
He left Texas in 2001-02 to join the men's basketball staff at Long Beach State University. However, he returned to Texas as video coordinator in 2002 and was part of the Longhorns' run to the NCAA Final Four in 2003 and the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2004.
Schwartz also gained experience with USA Basketball as a support staff member for the 2001 Young Men's World Championship Trials, the 2000 USA National Select Team -- coached by Mike Jarvis and Bob Huggins -- and the 2000 USA Youth Development Festival.
A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Schwartz played collegiate basketball at Sonoma State University (1994-96) before finishing his career at the University of Texas. Schwartz is married to the former Stephanie Chrisman and together they have two daughters, Sydney and Samantha.
