Michael Caswell joined the Georgia State Panthers men's basketball staff as the Operations Coordinator in April 2026 under head coach Jon Cremins.
Caswell arrives at Georgia State from Virginia Military Institute basketball, where he served as an assistant coach during the 2025–26 season following his hire in June 2025. In his lone season with the Keydets, VMI ranked first in the Southern Conference in assists (12.6 per game) and third in both free throw percentage (72.3) and steals per game (7.0). He also helped coach T.J. Johnson to Third Team All-SoCon honors after averaging 18.3 points per game and ranking among the nation’s top three-point shooters with 3.5 made threes per game.
Prior to VMI, Caswell served as head coach at Palm Beach Prep in Palm Beach, Florida, where he led the program to 15 wins and helped eight student-athletes earn opportunities to play at the collegiate level.
During that same period, he also served as the 17U Senior Team Head Coach for Florida Pro, focusing on skill development and mentoring future Florida A&M Rattlers men's basketball signee Anthony Knowles.
Caswell spent the 2023–24 season as an assistant coach at Gettysburg Bullets men's basketball, helping guide the program to its first-ever Centennial Conference regular-season championship. He also contributed to the development of Conference Player of the Year Jordan Stafford while overseeing in-season skill development and strength and conditioning.
From 2021–23, Caswell was a graduate assistant at Florida State Seminoles men's basketball under legendary head coach Leonard Hamilton. During his time in Tallahassee, he gained experience as Interim Video Coordinator and was responsible for scouting reports and film breakdown. He previously served as a student manager for the program from 2019–21.
Caswell began his coaching career at Tallahassee Community College men's basketball as an assistant coach during the 2018–19 season.
A former collegiate student-athlete, Caswell played at Messiah University men's basketball from 2015–17 before a career-ending injury led him to transfer to Florida State to complete his education.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in criminology from Florida State in 2021 and later completed a master’s degree in sport management in 2023.
