| Mike Boynton | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Michigan |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 2000–2004 |
| Player Team1: | South Carolina |
| Player Positions: | Point guard |
| Coach Years1: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team1: | Furman (graduate manager) |
| Coach Years2: | 2005–2007 |
| Coach Team2: | Coastal Carolina (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team3: | Wofford (associate HC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2008–2013 |
| Coach Team4: | South Carolina (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team5: | Stephen F. Austin (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Coach Team6: | Oklahoma State (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2017–2024 |
| Coach Team7: | Oklahoma State |
| Coach Years8: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team8: | Michigan (assistant) |
| Tournament Record: | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) 4–2 (NIT) |
Michael Boynton Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at the University of Michigan. Previously he was the head coach at Oklahoma State University from 2017 to 2024.[1]
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Boynton led his high school basketball team at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School to the city semifinals and earned first team All-New York City honors by averaging 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 11.0 assists per game.[2]
While a player for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks from 2000 to 2004, Boynton made 129 three-pointers in 125 career games, finishing in the top ten in three-pointers made and fourth in career games played with the Gamecocks. Boynton and the Gamecocks made the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Boynton finished his playing career at South Carolina with a degree in African-American Studies.[3]
Boynton's post-playing basketball career began as a graduate manager at Furman in 2004–05. He then moved on to be an assistant coach at Coastal Carolina University from 2005 to 2007 before moving to Wofford College (South Carolina) for the 2007–08 season as associate head coach. Boynton returned to Columbia for the 2008–09 season as an assistant coach and stayed until 2013. Boynton moved with fellow assistant Brad Underwood when the latter became the head coach at Stephen F. Austin State University, commencing with the 2013–14 season.[4] When Underwood accepted the head coaching position at Oklahoma State, Boynton moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma to serve as an assistant coach.
On March 24, 2017, Boynton was named the 20th head coach of the Oklahoma State University men's basketball team following Underwood's departure for Illinois.[5]
Boynton is married to Jenny Boynton.[6] They have one son and one daughter. Boynton also has three older sisters.[7] Boynton is a Christian.[8]