Mikel Kosich

Kosich is a graduate of Laurel Springs School in Ojai, California. He earned a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration from Montana State University Billings, graduating Cum Laude in 2015.

It was announced via HoopDirt.com on May 3rd, 2018 that Mikel Kosich had joined the staff at the University of South Alabama as their Special Assistant to the Head Coach for the Men's Basketball program and Head Coach Richie Riley Richie Riley#NCAA DI.

Kosich served as an assistant coach for the nationally recognized Division III St. Mary's College of Maryland, home of the Seahawks, under head coach Christopher Harney. Kosich helped the Seahawks to an overall 26-27 record and 16-20 in the Capital Athletic Conference. Both in the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons the Seahawks have qualified for the CAC post-season tournament, including advancing to the semi-finals in 2016. That year the Seahawks lost to eventually final four and nationally ranked number 2 team, Christopher Newport University, 57-56.

Kosich served as the head team manager for the Division II Montana State University Billings men’s basketball program, under head coach Jamie Stevens, for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. Assisting the coaching staff with a variety of tasks, his primary duties included dealing with practice and game day operations, travel preparations, working with the coaching staff during individual player workouts, scouting reports, and in-game specific stat tracking. During his two years with the Yellowjacket program, Kosich helped the team to a pair of winning records, a Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament championship in 2012, and an NCAA tournament bid that same year. During the 2011-2012 season the Yellowjackets went 18-12 overall and 10-8 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. That year included three top 25 wins and a GNAC tournament championship giving the Yellowjackets and automatic bid to the Division II NCAA Tournament. The season came to an end after falling to #16 University of Alaska-Anchorage in the first round, 80-68.

In 2010, Kosich was a co-head manager at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pa under Head Coach Dr. John Giannini. Kosich was one of two managers to primarily travel with the Explorers during the 2010-11 campaign. His primary duties at La Salle included assembling the necessary practice and game materials at home and on the road, locker room maintenance, practice participation, and outside shooting workouts with individual players including the Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year (Steve Weingarten) and All-Rookie Team honoree (Tyreek Duren). The Explorers travelled to the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico and participated in the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon in a game at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The Explorers lost at 17th ranked Baylor, 74-64.[5]

The Explorers went 15-18 overall and 6-10 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Explorers travelled to St. Bonaventure for the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament, winning the game on the road 75-73 in double overtime to earn a trip to Atlantic City, NJ for a Quarterfinal game against the Temple Owls. The Explorers would lose to Temple, 96-76.