Oberlin College Athletics

Isaiah Cavaco enters his 17th season as the head coach of the Oberlin College men’s basketball team in 2021-22.
 
In seven out of the last eight seasons, the Yeomen have appeared in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, winning their first tournament game in 2019-20 since the 1991-1992 season. Oberlin also ended this past season one win shy of tying the school record for victories in a season at 15-12, marking the program's first winning season since the 1991-92 campaign
 
The Cavaco File

• In 2018-19 he guided his Yeomen to the most conference wins (9) and overall wins (13) in the last 35 years
• Increased the team's win total by nine games in 2017-18 (12) which included six wins in the NCAC
• Posted a 12-14 record in 2015-16 with the team producing back-to-back double-digit win seasons for the first time in 30 years
• Led the team to 10 wins in 2014-15 for the first time since the 1991-92 season while also recording six NCAC victories which is the most since that same year
• Has mentored nine 1,000-point scorers 
• 20 players have earned All-NCAC honors under his watch
• Defeated multiple nationally ranked opponents
• Was interim head coach and an assistant coach at Oberlin prior to being named as the head coach
• Coaching career began as a graduate assistant coach at Ohio University. Also coached at Yale and John Carroll University
• A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Cavaco attended high school in southern California at both Mater Dei and Villa Park.  As a senior, he was named second-team all-state by the LA Times as he and Kansas-bound center Eric Chenowith led the Spartans to its first CIF finals
• Played at Yale University where he was named the John C. Cobb award winner as the team’s top freshman. Though plagued with knee injuries, he was able to letter all four years for the Bulldogs, starting in 46 games