Mike Score joined the Idaho men's basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2007.
Score spent the previous three seasons at Utah where the Utes advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament during the 2004-05 season. Prior to his time at Utah, Score spent four seasons as an assistant at Eastern Washington University after earning his start in coaching with four seasons at Southeastern Community College (Iowa). Score has been to an NCAA postseason tournament with each of the three Division I programs he coached.
During Score's time at Utah he coached Andrew Bogut, who was the No. 1 overall pick of the 2005 NBA draft, and established himself as a premier recruiter of both national and international players. The talent he brought to Utah ultimately finished their careers as a No. 5 seed at the 2009 NCAA Tournament and shared the 2009 Mountain West Conference Championship.
At Eastern Washington, Score recruited heavily in the Pacific Northwest and Canada and was heavily involved in both coaching and player development. With Score's help, the Eagles went to the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and the NIT in 2003 -- the school's first post-season appearances. Eastern also won the Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles in 2004.
Prior to his tenure at Eastern Washington, Score spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Southeastern Community College at West Burlington, Iowa. He helped guide Southeastern to the 1999-2000 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship and a 34-4 record. Eight players from that squad went on to play at NCAA Division I schools.
Southeastern was 94-41 in Score's four seasons there as he helped recruit three junior college All-America selections. Score coordinated recruiting, academics, film exchange and scouting, and was also the team's summer camp director.
Score was a student assistant coach at the University of Washington from 1994-96, where he was involved in video exchange and various administrative duties.
Score received two bachelor's degrees from Washington in 1996, one in business administration and another in political science.
A 1991 graduate of Everett (Wash.) High School, Score was born Dec. 10, 1972 at Seattle, Wash. He married the former Carly Kropff Aug. 6, 2005 and the couple welcomed their daughter, Ella, on Aug. 12, 2008.
