PORTLAND, Ore. – Mark Berokoff has joined the University of Portland men's basketball program as an assistant coach, head coach Shantay Legans announced on Tuesday. Berokoff joins the Pilots after serving the last four seasons as head coach at NAIA Oklahoma City University.

Berokoff has won more than 400 career games along with multiple state and national championships as a head coach. He has had success as a high school head coach, AAU club coach and all levels of college basketball.

He collected 54 wins while at OCU and developed Rashuan Coleman into an All-American in his first season with the Stars.

Berokoff previously led Randall University to three national titles and five national semifinals appearances in nine years (2012-21) at the National Christian College Athletic Association Division II level while serving as both head coach and athletic director. Berokoff guided the Saints to three straight championships (2016, 2017 and 2018) and was named the national coach of the year in 2016 and 2019.

Five players garnered national player of the year awards under Berokoff at Randall (Trey Sneed 2016, '17 and '18; Antonio Wilson '19 and Jordan Marshall 2021). He also mentored 16 all-Americans, three national tournament outstanding players and one scholar All-American. The Saints went 147-122 under Berokoff's tutelage, often competing against higher level teams from the NCAA.

Prior to Randall, Berokoff served as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I stops with Louisiana Tech and Texas State. He also was a junior college assistant coach with Hill College.

At the high school level, Berokoff had a career record of 225-77 in 10 years of coaching, including winning the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Championship with Calvary Chapel Downey in 2001. He also was involved with the Los Angeles Rockfish AAU team where he coached more than 50 future Division I players including current Pilot head coach, Shantay Legans.

In 2005, he became as the vice president of operations and head coach of the Lincoln Generals in the All-American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL). Other highlights included stints at the prestigious ABCD Camp led by legendary Sonny Vaccaro and helping establish the 1Dream Foundation, a non-profit organization which provides educational opportunities for foreign athletes.

Berokoff was the head coach of the Bandits in the hit television series "Slamball" on SpikeTV and serving as a basketball coordinator for the major motion picture "Coach Carter."

After earning a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2006 at Regis University, Berokoff secured his master's in business administration from Randall University (2016).
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