Bio

Michael Basuini begins his third season as head coach of the men's cross country program in 2023-24. Basuini served the 2021-22 season as the interim head coach of the program where he spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach. Basuini also serves as the head coach for the women's cross country program, and the track and field programs.

As interim head coach in 2021, Basuini sent two runners from the cross country programs to the 2021 NAIA Cross Country National Championship Meet. 

During his time as an assistant coach at TWU, Basuini has helped send two men and five women cross country runners to the NAIA National Meet, coached a national championship men's 4x100m Relay team, and 35 All-Americans in track. 

Basuini earned his bachelor's degree in Intercultural Studies with a concentration in Youth Ministry from Williams Jessup University where he was a member of the men's cross country and track and field teams. During his time as a student-athlete at William Jessup, Basuini was named All-Conference in the California Pacific Conference (CALPAC) twice and the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) once for cross country and once in the GSAC in track. 

Basuini was a part of two CALPAC team titles in cross country and won the individual conference championship in cross country his sophomore season. He is a two-time qualifier for cross country nationals and qualified for the national meet in the marathon for track his senior year. Basuini set three school records while at William Jessup (5K, 10K, and Half-Marathon). 

Basuini is a native of San Jose, Calif., and currently resides in Athens, In his spare time, he trains for ultra-marathons.