STOCKTON, Calif. – Having spent the last 16 seasons as a Division I coach in California, Myke Scholl was hired as Assistant Coach with the Pacific men's basketball program, announced by head coach Dave Smart.
 
Scholl comes to Pacific after spending the last 10 seasons at Long Beach State, including the last six as Associate Head Coach. He helped the program advance to the NCAA Tournament this past season after winning the Big West Tournament, as well as the 2021-22 regular season championship.
 
Scholl spent the previous six seasons with LMU as Associate Head Coach.
 
"I'm extremely excited and honored to join Coach Smart's staff here at University of the Pacific," Scholl said. "His creativity and innovative thinking are legendary! I'm eager to learn from him and to serve our student-athletes. Go Tigers!"
 
Scholl began at Long Beach State as an assistant coach and was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2018-19 campaign. He was responsible for recruiting and player development, and played an important role in recruiting All-Big West and All-Region level talents.

In his six seasons at LMU, Scholl was instrumental in landing some of the program's top talent as an excellent recruiter, as well as someone with extensive international ties. Scholl's top success story was guard Anthony Ireland, a 2,000-point scorer with the Lions who was a four-time First-Team All-WCC selection. Scholl also helped recruit four other 1,000 point scorers as well as two big men in Drew Viney and Ashley Hamilton who were just the 13th and 14th players in LMU history to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds.
 
"I'm excited to have Myke on board here at Pacific. He's dedicated to the student-athletes and is a man of high integrity and high character," Smart said. "Myke has a lot of familiarity with the West Coast Conference and brings a wealth of knowledge to our staff. He's very skilled from both a tactical and development standpoint and will be a tremendous leader for our program."
         
Starting out his coaching career by working with NBA players in camps throughout the Caribbean, Scholl then moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. Working as the Director of Sports and International Programs for Miles and Associates International, Scholl managed the creation and implementation of the "Love Life" HIV and AIDS prevention campaign, voted the most creative and innovative prevention program in the world by the United Nations.
      
Scholl established the first national high school basketball league in South Africa, a program that included over 42,000 participants. Additionally, he served as an international scout for the Detroit Pistons from 2005-08 and with the Dallas Mavericks from 2002-05.
               
While overseas, Scholl also found time to serve as an assistant coach for the Senegal Men's National team, as well as working as a GM for the Soweto Panthers of the Premier Basketball League and spending six years as an assistant coach of the South Africa Men's National Team and head coach of the South Africa Men's U20 Team.

A two-year player at Sacramento State from 1987-89, Scholl finished his undergraduate career at Ohio Wesleyan, earning a double major in Sociology and History. He then went on to earn his law degree from the University of Maryland, and pursued a passion for international basketball.
 
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