Michael Escobedo

Coach Michael Escobedo is the former men and women Head basketball coach for the Pacific Union College Pioneers of Napa Valley, California. Escobedo also coached at Mendocino College previously where he helped the Eagles to reach the State Final 8, earn the highest ever playoff seeding, and the highest state ranking in school history. At Mendocino, he also recruited Alex Rojas, who is only one of three players to move on to the division one level(Coppin State) in over 50 years of the basketball program.

Escobedo directs Legacy Sports Academy which is the largest AAU basketball program in Mendocino and Lake counties and also own and directs ESCO Sports International Inc., a company that takes high school and college athletes overseas to play sports and experience different cultures.

Coach Escobedo has directed and worked countless basketball camps over the years in the states, Europe, China and the United Kingdom with the likes of NBA players Patrick Beverley, Horace Grant and Adidas Trainer, Devin Williams. He also worked in Foshan, Guangdong, China as a trainer and coach for 8 months. Escobedo played at Multnomah University in Portland, Oregon where he earned degrees in Business Administration and Bible. He is currently working on his masters degree in Physical Education with an emphasis on Sports Management from Eastern New Mexico University.