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My Take
What draws me to Mark Madsen is that he built a career out of effort rather than flash. He was never the star scorer, yet his hustle earned him the "Mad Dog" nickname all the way from San Ramon Valley High to Stanford and the NBA. There is something honest about a man who wins championships by doing the unglamorous work and then channels that same diligence into coaching, now leading the California Golden Bears. As an Eagle Scout turned head coach, he embodies the kind of steady, team-first temperament I find genuinely admirable in sport.
Overview
Mark Ellsworth Madsen (born January 28, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former NBA player who is the head coach of the California Golden Bears of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Due to his hustle and physical style of play, he received the nickname "Mad Dog" while playing for the San Ramon Valley High School Wolves, and the moniker continued during his time with the Stanford Cardinal and beyond.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mark Madsen
- Name (Japanese)
- マーク・マドセン
- Reading
- まーく・まどせん
- Born
- January 28, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Walnut Creek, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 206 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- San Ramon Valley High School
- University
- Stanford University
Awards & achievements
- Eagle Scout
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.markmadsen.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.