Justin Argenal - Men's Basketball Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Justin Argenal

Title:
Assistant Coach/General Manager

Justin Argenal joined Oregon State in the spring of 2026 in the role of Assistant Coach/General Manager

Argenal joined the Beavers after spending the last five seasons as head coach at Dominican University of California. During his time leading the Penguins, Argenal was able to successfully improve the program, culminating in a 17-11 record in 2025-26 – the program’s first year above .500 in 12 years and the second most wins in program history. Under Argenal’s guidance, Nick Medeiros and Marcus McCutchen were rewarded with All-Pac West honors.

Prior to his time at Dominican, Argenal spent five seasons as the head coach for California powerhouse De La Salle High School, leading the Spartans to a 113-33 record. He was named NorCalPreps Northern California Coach of the Year and NorCalPreps NCS Division I Coach of the Year in both 2017 and 2019. De La Salle won three NCS Division I Championships (2017, 2019 and 2020) and an EBAL Championship (2019) under his guidance. The Spartans were Open Division semifinalists in 2017 and 2019.

Argenal began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ole Miss in 2009-10 helping the Rebels to a 24-11 record and a finish in the NIT Final Four before three seasons as a director of basketball operations at The Citadel and Louisiana Tech. He then served as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level for Southeast Missouri State and The Citadel from 2013-2015. Argenal moved back to California for one season as the head assistant basketball coach at NCAA Division II Cal State Dominguez Hills before being hired as the head coach at De La Salle.

A native of Lafeyette, California, Argenal was a point guard at De La Salle High School before moving on to a college career at UC Riverside and Chico State. Argenal left the Wildcats as the program and conference's all-time career leader in assists and steals, earning All-CCAA Second Team honors.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in coaching from Chico State, and a masters degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia (Irvine). Argenal moves to Corvallis with his wife Suzanne and their two daughters Sky and Isla.