Jamie Angeli

Jamie Angeli boasts over 35 successful years in the basketball profession as a player, coach, administrator, author and Internet entrepreneur. Throughout his coaching career, Angeli has produced over 20 best-selling books and DVD’s on basketball.

The coaching community has recognized Angeli for his success in the basketball profession throughout his career. In addition to being a best-selling author of over 20 DVD’s and Books on basketball, in the spring of 2014, Angeli was selected to speak at the Assistant Coaches Roundtable during the Women's Final Four in Nashville, TN. In the fall of 2017, he was selected to speak at the prestigious USA Basketball Coaches Academy.

As a professional men’s basketball coach overseas in the Middle Eastern Countries of Qatar and Kuwait, he owns a 112-25 overall record, including an unprecedented three consecutive league championships with Al Rayyan of Qatar. In addition, he led Al Rayyan to back-to-back Heir Apparent Cup Championships and Emir Cup Championships, and in 2005, the coveted Asian Cup Championship in Manila, Philippines. The first and only Asian Championship in the club’s history.

Stateside he has worked for 13 years as an assistant coach in the NCAA division one ranks under several decorated head coaches, including St. John's Steve Lavin, South Florida's Stan Heath, Miami’s Jim Larranga, Green Bay’s Kevin Borseth, Seattle U’s Joan Bonvicini and former NBA and Bradley University head coach Stan Albeck, who have combined for over 2,000 career victories.

Under Steve Lavin, Angeli and UCLA reached the NCAA Tournament five times, making it as far as the Sweet 16 four times. On Dec.18,1989, under Jim Larranaga, Angeli and Bowling Green handed then-No.25 Michigan State University its first defeat (81-79) in the newly-opened Breslin Student Events Center. On the return trip to Bowling Green, the Falcons defeated the then-No. 5 Spartans, 98-85, on Dec.1,1990 in Ohio. That same Bowling Green team reached the NIT post season tournament in back to back years while Angeli was an assistant coach.

A former Michigan All-State high school basketball player, Angeli continued his playing career at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He graduated from Wisconsin-Stout in 1985. Angeli began his coaching career during the 1986-87 season as the head boys' basketball coach at Kingsford, MI High School. Since that time, Angeli has made collegiate assistant coaching stops at Michigan Tech University in Houghton (1987-88), Bradley University in Peoria, IL (1988-89), Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH (1989-91), Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, MI (1991-94), UCLA in Los Angeles, CA (1997-2003), University of South Florida in Tampa, FL (2007-08) and Seattle University in Seattle, WA (2009-2011).

Angeli also worked 3 years as a head boys basketball coach at Norway High School (1994-97), winning a district championship for the first time in 20 years. Kingsford High School, Norway High School, Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State University are all located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Jamie Angeli by the Numbers:
As Head High School Boy's Coach: 43-43 .500
As NCAA Div. 1 Men's Director of Operations: 121-70 .634
As WNBA Advance Scout: 22-14 .611
As Division I Men's Assistant Coach: 48-38 .558
As Division II Women’s Assistant Coach: 43-61 .413
As Professional Head Men's Coach: 112-25 .818
As NCAA Div. 3 Head Women's Coach: 59-64 .468
Overall Head Coaching Record: 214-132 .618