University of California-Irvine Men's Basketball

Russell Turner, the winningest coach in UCI history, begins his 16th season as the UC Irvine head coach in the 2025-26 season. Turner has guided the Anteater...

Ali Ton is in his third season as an assistant coach and fourth overall since rejoining the men's basketball staff in the 2022-23 season. He served one year ...

Brady Boznanski enters his first season as an assistant coach after serving on the Anteater staff as the video coordinator a year ago. Boznanski is in control of all team logistics as it relates to travel, business operations, equipment, facility management and office administration as well as help with player development. Last season, Boznanski's role with the Anteaters included video support for team development, opponent analysis and recruiting. He took the lead on recording, editing, analyzing, distributing game and practice footage while also managing gear, team managers and office duties. His skills helped the Anteaters to a school record 32 wins and a trip to the NIT title game. Boznanski is a 2024 graduate of Gonzaga where he served as the men's basketball head student manager. While at Gonzaga, the Bulldogs advanced to the Elite 8 in 2023 and Sweet 16 in 2024. He was also a member of Gonzaga's regular season and West Coast Conference tournament teams in 2024.

Julius Smith is in his second season with the Anteaters as an assistant coach. In his first season at UCI, the Anteaters recorded a school record 32-7 mark and advanced to the NIT Championship game. Smith joins the UC Irvine staff after spending the previous year at Montana State. During his time in Bozeman, Smith assisted in the team's success on the court that reflected in an NCAA Tournament berth after winning the Big Sky Conference Tournament championship. Additionally, he was able to help in the development of two All-Conference level players, while also assisting the team’s maintenance of a 3.14 cumulative GPA. Prior to Montana State, Smith spent four years at Point Loma Nazarene helping to build one of the best Division II programs in the country. While with the Sea Lions, Smith was a part of four conference tournament and regular season championships. In his last year at Point Loma, Smith helped guide the team to an undefeated conference record (20-0) and a 29-4 overall record behind a 25-game win streak. Smith’s tenure culminated with an 83-22 (0.790) record and the development of 13 All-Conference players. Success on the court was not the only focus, as the team maintained a 3.34 overall GPA collectively. No stranger to Southern California, Smith spent four seasons coaching at Riverside Polytechnic High School and assisted in restructuring the program into one of the most well rounded and respected basketball teams in Southern California. While at Riverside Poly, he

Kimberly joined the UC Irvine Sports Medicine Staff in the Summer of 2022. Her primary sports are Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Golf. A graduate of San Diego ...

Yacoubian joined the Academic and Student Services staff in October of 2018, where she currently serves as the Academic & Life Skills Coordinator for the Men...

Nick Booker returned to UC Irvine in June of 2025 for his second stint as an assistant coach. Booker first joined the Anteaters in 2010 as the Director of Operations and was promoted to assistant coach a season later. He was involved in the school's historic 2014-15 season when UC Irvine won the Big West Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. The Anteaters fell to the three-time national champion Louisville by just two points in an NCAA Second-Round game in Seattle. Booker played a part in UCI's then-school record 28 wins along with new marks in non-conference victories (15) and road wins (13). The 2015-16 team advanced to the championship game of the CollegeInsider.com (CIT) postseason tournament. Before coming back to Irvine, Booker served two years as the head coach of Cal State San Marcos. He was just the third to be named to the helm of the Cougars where his teams were both competitive on the court and active in the community. Prior to his promotion to head coach, Booker spent three seasons at UC San Diego (2020-23) where he helped the Tritons transition from NCAA Division II to Division I with a focus on recruiting, scout preparation, defensive emphasis, and served as a member of the UCSD diversity council. On his way to San Diego, he served as the Associate Head Coach at Eastern Washington from 2017-2020 under Shantay Legans. While at EWU, the Eagles were the Big Sky regular season championship in 2019-20 with a school record 16 v

Patrick Scully is in his second season with the Anteaters as an assistant coach. In his first season at UCI, the Anteaters recorded a school record 32-7 mark and advanced to the NIT Championship game. Scully, Tony Stubblefield's first hire at DePaul University in 2021, spent the past three seasons in Chicago as the program's Director of Basketball Operations. His responsibilities with the Blue Demons included player development, scouting, scheduling, team travel, and directing the program's youth camps. Scully, who helped establish a new identity and vision under a new staff, was named to the Silver Waves Media Top 50 "Next Up" list for two straight years (2023, 2024). A graduate of the University of Oregon, Scully spent eight seasons with the Ducks under the tutelage of Dana Altman. The program won at least 20 games each of those eight seasons, including a school record 33 games in the 2016-17 season when Oregon reached the Final Four for the first time in 78 years. Oregon played in the NCAA March Madness Tournament seven of Scully's eight seasons with the program, advancing to the Sweet 16 on four occasions in that stretch. In the same time frame, the Ducks also won three regular season PAC-12 championships and PAC-12 Tournament titles. Scully held a variety of titles at Oregon; his primary responsibilities during his eight seasons included video and analytics, managing the team's social media accounts, and directing the program's team camps. Scully, the Long Beach native,