Head Coach: Phil Jalalpoor
- Led UBC to appearances in the Canada West Final and U SPORTS Final 8 in the 2025-26 campaign – his first season in charge – after serving as a lead assistant coach the previous year
- Starred as the starting point guard for the Thunderbirds from 2015-18, earning a Canada West All-Star nod and receiving the Bobby Gaul Memorial Trophy as UBC's outstanding graduating male athlete at the 2018 Big Block awards
- Enjoyed a professional career that lasted over half a decade and represented Iran at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
See his full bio:
gothunderbirds.ca/staff-directory/phil-jalalpoor/3156
Click here for the entire Men's Basketball coaching staff:
gothunderbirds.ca/sports/mens-basketball/coaches
UBC Men's Basketball Head Coaching History
Years Coach
1915-21 –
No Coach
1921-22 – "Buck" Buchanan
1922-23 – Cliffe Mathers
1923-24 – Prof. F.M. Knapp
1924-26 – Ross Bryson
1926-27 – "Dode" Tuck
1927-28 – Tanny Butler, Jack Pentland
1928-29 – Jack Cole
1929-31 – Dr. Garnett Montgomery
1931-32 – Arnold Henderson
1932-34 – Gordon Allen
1934-35 – Jack Barberie
1935-36 – Dr. Garnett Montgomery
1936-45 – Maury Van Vliet
1945-48 – Bob Osborne
1949-62 – Jack Pomfret
1962-82 – Peter Mullins
1982-83 – Bob Molinski
1983-85 – Bill Edwards
1985-97 – Bruce Enns
1997-98 – Rich Chambers
1998-00 – Bruce Enns
2000-25 – Kevin Hanson
2025-Present – Phil Jalalpoor
