MIKE TAYLOR

HEAD COACH AND GENERAL MANAGER

BIO

Mike Taylor returns for his second year as the Head Coach & General Manager of the Winnipeg Sea Bears.

In 2023, he was named the first Head Coach and General Manager of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) expansion franchise. Taylor led the team to a western conference leading 12-8 record and went on to win the CEBL Coach of the Year award.

Taylor brings to the table two decades worth of professional coaching experience. Most recently, he served as the head coach for the CEBL’s Fraser Valley Bandits. Prior to that, he coached the Polish national team from 2014 to 2021, bringing their world ranking up from #42 to #13. He also led the team to a top-eight finish at the World Cup in China in 2019 and three EuroBasket appearances in 2015, 2017 and 2022. 

Taylor also left his mark on the German basketball scene, coaching 11 seasons and leading three organizations to promotion (Hamburg Towers, Ratiopharm Ulm and Chemnitz 99ers). Prior to this, he led the Maine Red Claws (now the Maine Celtics) of the NBA G League to the organization’s first playoff appearance and coached the league’s all-star game in 2013.