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Coach Dominguez comes to Northern New Mexico College from NCAA D2 New Mexico Highlands University where he was associate head coach from 2017-2019 and later named head coach from 2019-2025. At NMHU Coach Dominguez overall record was 103-97 and 66-74 as head coach. In 2019 he was a part of the first team in the school’s history to win the RMAC Championship.
 
At NMHU Dominguez recruited/developed 16 All-Conference RMAC players. Six of those players were First Team All-Conference selections and the CO-Freshman of the year in TJ Sanchez 22-23 season.  
In the 19-20 season Dominguez had the highest scoring duo in the country from DI, DII, and DIII in Raquan Mitchell and Sammy Barnes-Thompkins. Seven of his former players from Dominguez's time at NMHU are playing at the pro level.


Before his time at NMHU, Dominguez started his coaching career in 2011. He was an assistant for six years at Colorado Mesa University and was made head assistant/recruiting coordinator at CMU in 2013. As an assistant coach at CMU, Dominguez helped the Mavericks win the Rocky Division Championship in 2016 with a record of 21-9. The Mavericks made the RMAC playoffs five of the six years Dominguez was on the staff.

Dominguez also made significant contributions on the recruiting side of the Mavericks program. In his four years as head assistant/recruiting coordinator he helped sign seven All-RMAC players and in 2016 Dominguez recruited and helped develop Ryan Stephan who was both the RMAC Player of the Year and CCA D2 National Player of the Year.
 

During his playing career, Dominguez helped lead Colorado Mesa University to the most wins ever at CMU (23-6) and a berth in the 2010 NCAA Tournament leading the Mavericks to the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history. His performance that season earned Dominguez All-American status - the first All-American at CMU since the school joined NCAA Div. II. He was also named the RMAC Player of the Year and Central Region Player of the Year after averaging 21.6 points and 4.6 rebounds during that historic senior season.

In 2010-11, Dominguez played professional basketball in Mexico’s top league the LNBP for the Toros De Nuevo Laredo with his team winning the LNBP Championship title his rookie season.

Prior to his time at CMU, Dominguez played at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, where he started every game for the Plainsman. During his two years at NJC they had a record of 64-6 and were ranked as high as second in the NJCAA. His team qualified for the national tournament in 2007, placing seventh. After NJC, Dominguez played one year at D1 Florida International University in Miami, Florida. While there Dominguez started 30 of 33 games, led the team in minutes, steals and 3-pointers made while averaging 10.0 points per game.

A native of Alcalde, New Mexico, Dominguez attended Espanola Valley High School and Capital High School in Santa Fe. Dominguez was a three-time, first-team all-state selection and helped Capital win its only 4A Basketball State Championship in 2004.

Dominguez earned his bachelor of arts degree in Kinesiology from CMU and has a master’s degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University. Michael has one daughter Nevada Dominguez who is 4 years old.