Ali Ton is in his second season as an assistant coach at UC Irvine, joining the program in May 2010.

A highly-acclaimed recruiter in the U.S. and internationally, Ton was an assistant coach at Radford University for the previous three seasons. One of his recruiting highlights at Radford was All-American and two-time Big South Player of the Year, Art Parakhouski from Minsk, Belarus.

Radford reached the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09 for the second time in the school's history.

Ton is not a stranger to Orange County. He was a standout point guard at Los Alamitos High School, earning the honors of All-CIF and MVP of the Sunset League in 1995. He still holds the steals and assists record for the Los Al Griffins.

Ton began his coaching career at his alma mater, Davidson College, helping the Wildcats to the 2004 Southern Conference South Division regular-season title. Ton moved on to Western Carolina following that season and then to Binghamton University in New York for two seasons.

In the summer of 2005, he was an assistant with the Turkish National U-20 team that competed at the European Championships.

Ton was an accomplished point guard at Davidson, finishing his collegiate career as the all-time assists leader and second in steals. He helped the Wildcats reach the NIT Tournament in 1996 and the NCAA Tournament in 1998.

Prior to moving to the coaching ranks, Ton played professional basketball in Turkey for four years. In his final year of pro ball, he was a member of Galatasaray, one of the largest athletic clubs in the world. He is the son of Necmi Ton, who was a professional coach in his native country of Turkey.

Ali Ton earned his bachelor's in political science from Davidson in 1999. He and his wife Elizabeth, who is a Southern California native, have a daughter, Leyla.

Ryan Badrtalei is in his seventh year on the UC Irvine men's basketball staff and third as an assistant coach.

He is in his second year as an assistant under head coach Russell Turner. Prior to being named an assistant in 2009 by former head coach Pat Douglass, Badrtalei served as video coordinator and director of basketball operations.

With the UCI staff, Badrtalei has roles that include recruiting, player development, scouting and academic coordination. He also has had the opportunity to develop players that compete professionally in the United States and internationally.

He joined the Anteater staff in 2005 after serving the previous two seasons as a varsity assistant and junior varsity coach at Capistrano Valley High School, his alma mater, under Brian Mulligan, the son of former UCI head coach Bill Mulligan.

Badrtalei graduated from UCLA in 2003 with a degree in psychobiology and a minor in education. While at UCLA, he was involved with both the men's and women's basketball programs.   Badrtalei was an academic counselor, peer mentor and was also on the Executive Board of the UCLA Student Alumni Association.

He was involved with various non-profit organizations focused on underprivileged youths in the Los Angeles area.  As a pre-med at UCLA, Badrtalei garnered experience working with professors on various research ventures in psychology and neuroscience.

He and his wife, Drue, a Long Beach State graduate and former U.S. National Water Polo team member, reside in Irvine.

Nick Booker is in his first season as an assistant coach with the UC Irvine program, and second overall with the staff after serving as the director of basketball operations in 2010-11.

Prior to joining the Anteater staff, he spent three years on the staff at Saddleback Community College, including the 2009-10 team that won the state championship. He served as Saddleback's interim head coach during the 2007-08 season.

Booker also served one season on the staff at Miramar Community College and prior to that he was at Vista High School in 2006-07, when he coached future NCAA Division I players Kenny Lawson (Creighton University) and Quincy Lawson (Loyola Marymount). He also coached one season (2005-06) at La Jolla High.

Booker was a three-year starter at Davidson College for Coach Bob McKillop, including the 2002-03 Southern Conference championship team and NCAA Tournament first-round participant against Ohio State.

He earned his B.A. in history from Davidson in 2006 and his Master's in physical education from Azusa Pacific in 2010.

Booker and his wife, Jamila, have two sons, Philip and Kaleb.

David Lee is in his second season on the UC Irvine men's basketball staff.

He is the director of basketball administration for the program after serving as video coordinator in 2010-11.

He was an assistant coach at Grand Canyon University for two years, including the 2006-07 team that won the Pacific West Conference and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament.

The University of Arizona graduate also served as an assistant coach at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College in 2005-06.

Michael Lenahan is in his first season on the UC Irvine men's staff, serving as director of basketball operations.

In his position, he oversees the team managers, video operations, assists with travel and maintains the recruiting database, as well as working with program supporter outreach.

He previously worked for four years as head manager and assistant video coordinator at California, including 2009-10 when the Golden Bears on the program’s first Pac-10 championship in 50 years.

He played basketball at San Clemente High School and graduated from Cal with a degree in media studies.