TROY LEAF IS THE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH FOR THE MASTER’S UNIVERSITY MUSTANGS IN SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA IN THE GSAC IN NAIA COACHED BY KELVIN STARR. TROY PLAYED FOR THE UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA IN THE BIG WEST CONFERENCE IN NCAA DI WHO WERE COACHED BY BOB WILLIAMS AT THE TIME AND ARE NOW COACHED BY JOE PASTERNACK AND THE AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COUGARS IN AZUSA, CALIFORNIA WHO WERE IN THE GSAC IN NAIA AND ARE NOW IN THE PACWEST CONFERENCE IN NCAA DII AND ARE COACHED BY PETER BOND. THE COUGARS WERE COACHED BY JUSTIN LESLIE WHEN TROY PLAYED FOR THEM. TROY WAS THE PACWEST CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WEST REGION PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS A SENIOR FOR THE COUGARS. HE WAS THE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH FOR FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHTS WHEN HIS FATHER BRAD WAS THE HEAD COACH. HE COACHED WITH COMPTON MAGIC IN AAU BASKETBALL. HIS BROTHER TJ LEAF PLAYED FOR UCLA BRUINS AND IN NBA WITH THE INDIANA PACERS. TROY HELPED THE MUSTANGS WIN THE PROGRAM’S FIRST GSAC TOURNAMENT TITLE IN THE 2016-17 CAMPAIGN.