Michigan State basketball assistant takes new assistant coach job with UTRGV
Help us welcome Michael Provenzano as the newest addition to our staff!#RallyTheValley #UTRGVhttps://t.co/H57Huj1RFj — UTRGV Men's Basketball (@UTRGVmbb) June 5, 2025
A member of Tom Izzo's staff at Michigan State has landed a gig elsewhere, heading to the Lone Star state to take a role as an assistant coach.
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) head men's basketball coach Khalil Fennellannounced the hiring of Michael Provenzano. Provenzano had been a graduate assistant coach with Michigan State over the last two seasons. While assisting with recruiting, during his time in East Lansing, Provenzano assisted in player personnel scouting reports and on-court individual and group skill development workouts with a focus on the post players.
In his playing days, Provenzano was a standout at Simon Fraser University before spending a few years overseas playing professional basketball.
Prior to joining Michigan State, where he obtained his masters degree, Provenzano spent two years with the London Basketball Academy and two seasons as the associate head coach with the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada.
Provenzano will now embark on his collegiate coaching journey, parlaying his graduate assistantship at MSU into an assistant coaching position with UTRGV, a division one mid major that is a member of the Southland Conference.
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