Kyle Bossier - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches

Kyle Bossier

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
kbossier@calpoly.edu

With an emphasis on implementing and directing one of the nation’s top-ranked offenses and overseeing skill development plans, recruit evaluations and opponent scouting, Kyle Bossier is in his second year as an assistant coach with the Cal Poly men’s basketball program.

With Bossier on the bench during head coach Mike DeGeorge’s initial 2024-25 season, Cal Poly reached the Big West Championship semifinals for the first time in 11 years, while finishing third among 355 NCAA Division I programs with 11.5 three-pointers per game and 19th with 82.1 points per game. The Mustangs set new program single season records for total points, three-pointers and field goals while scoring 90-plus points 11 times.

Averaging 18.4 more points per game than the previous 2023-24 season – the most dramatic scoring reversal in the nation – Cal Poly’s 12-win improvement last year marked the fourth most successful turnaround in Division I.

“(Coming to Cal Poly) was a no-brainer for me,” Bossier said. “Growing up in Northern California, wanting to get back to California, it’s certainly an amazing challenge to turn a program with a lot of potential into something special.”

As the top assistant under DeGeorge at Division II Colorado Mesa (2018-24), Bossier (last name: “Bo-jhay”) helped the program to five NCAA Tournaments in six years with the program averaging 23 wins per season.

“Seeing Kyle’s growth as a coach, leader and professional over these past 15 years has been inspiring,” DeGeorge said. “No one has worked harder or is more committed to the game of basketball and the players in our program. He’s a tireless worker with a great understanding of the modern game and how to prioritize analytics that impact winning. I’m thrilled he has decided to come with us to Cal Poly.”

With Bossier leading recruiting efforts at Colorado Mesa and active in scouting, player development and practice planning, Colorado Mesa captured three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season titles and two conference tournament championships.

“Coach DeGeorge’s strength is having an identity as a team with our culture, what we’re doing on offense and defense and holding people accountable to that identity,” Bossier said. “Do simple better. Say what you’re going to do and don’t just talk about; be about it. When he says we’re going to have a specific culture, we’re going to have a specific culture. You can have faith that when you’re coming to work every day, as a coach or player, you’re coming with a group that’s bought in to doing things the right way and values the same things. Nothing gets in your way.”

Bossier spent the 2017-18 season as the lead assistant with Linfield (McMinnville, Ore.), helping the Wildcats to a Northwest Conference Tournament berth and a 16-win season.

Completing his master’s degree in kinesiology from Saint Mary’s during the 2016-17 season, Bossier – as a graduate manager and video coordinator – was a part of a Gaels program that won a program-record 29 games and reached the second round the NCAA Tournament.

From 2012-16, Bossier was an assistant coach at UC Santa Cruz. With the Banana Slugs, Bossier coordinated recruiting, scouting, player development, fundraising and strength and conditioning endeavors. During his four seasons in which he worked under current Cal Poly assistant coach Ron Dubois, the program twice set school records for Division III wins in a season.

With Bossier beginning his collegiate coaching career alongside DeGeorge at Rhodes, the 2011-12 Lynx squad achieved the greatest turnaround in program history, improving their win total from seven to 18.

Bossier has also worked as a scout for the San Antonio Spurs, as a Director of Nike Summer Basketball Camps, as the owner of Slug Hoops Youth Basketball Training and as the head coach of Top Flight Elite U-16 AAU and U-15 Hoop Salem High Academic.

A native of Santa Rosa, Calif., Bossier played at Santa Rosa HS. He completed his bachelors’ degree from LSU in general studies with an emphasis in kinesiology, leadership and business management.