The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) head men’s basketball coach Kahil Fennell announced on June 5 the hiring of Michael Provenzano, who spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Michigan State, as an assistant coach.
Throughout his tenure at Michigan State, Provenzano was responsible for player personnel scouting reports, on-court individual and group skill development workouts with a focus on the post players, and assisting in recruiting.
Provenzano helped the Spartans to two NCAA Tournament appearances, helping the program reach the Elite Eight this past season to go along with a Big Ten regular season title and a No. 7 national ranking by the Associated Press.
Prior to his time at Michigan State, Provenzano spent two seasons as the associate head coach with the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). Provenzano helped the Lightning to back-to-back NBLC Championships as one of the youngest assistant coaches in major professional basketball.
Before joining the Lightning, Provenzano was an assistant coach at the London Basketball Academy, where he developed eight Division I players.
Provenzano also has spent time working with youth basketball players having founded Chaining and Training Basketball Camp in London, ONT, Canada.
Provenzano played professionally in 2020-21 with Melilla Sport Capital Enrique Soler in the Spanish 3rd League.
Collegiately, Provenzano was a four-year starting point guard and a three-year captain at Simon Fraser University, finishing with 1,237 points and 482 assists.
Provenzano earned his Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences in 2020 from Simon Fraser and completed his Master of Science in Kinesiology from Michigan State.
Provenzano comes to the Rio Grande Valley with his wife, Sarah, and their daughter, Charlotte.
