McKenzie Mangino is entering her fifth year with the program, third year as the top assistant coach. She joined HPU in 2017 as a graduate assistant before being promoted to head assistant in 2019.
Her first two seasons as the lead assistant have been spectacular. The Sharks went undefeated in the regular season of COVID year 2021-22, posting a 13-1 overall record, sweeping the PacWest Hawai‘i pod and posting the program’s first-ever win over the University of Hawai‘i. Four of the Sharks starters earned All-PacWest Hawai‘i honors and two players were named All-America. In
2019-20, the program reached new heights as the Sharks went 22-0 in PacWest play, 29-1 overall, was ranked first in the West Region, No. 3 in the nation, and was on a 25-game winning streak when the COVID 19 Virus ended the season. Along with team success, five different players earned All-PacWest recognition with two players earning All-American recognition.
In 2015, she began her coaching career at Santa Rosa Junior College where she served as an assistant coach to both the women’s and men’s program, learning the game from both sides of the game.
A native of Ukiah, Calif., Mangino attended Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa. She began her collegiate playing career at Santa Rosa Junior College where she was a part of back to back Big 8 Conference Championships, which earned her a scholarship to the University of Hawaii-Hilo. At Hilo, Mangino and her team earned a bid to the PacWest Conference Tournament as a junior and served as team captain her senior season.
Mangino earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from UH Hilo in 2015 and added a master’s in communications from Hawai‘i Pacific in 2019.
