Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Stony Brook |
Conference | CAA |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Brewton, Alabama, U.S. | July 15, 1988
Playing career | |
2006–2010 | St. John's |
Position(s) | Power forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2011–2012 | St. John's (assistant) |
2012–2018 | Michigan (assistant) |
2018–2021 | Florida State (assistant) |
2021–2024 | Tennessee (assistant) |
2024–present | Stony Brook |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–0 (–) |
Joy McCorvey (born July 15, 1988) [1] is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team.
McCorvey was raised in Brewton, Alabama, a small town with a population over 5,000 people. She attended T. R. Miller High School, where she played on the basketball team and graduated in 2006. [2] McCorvey was a top-three finalist for The Birmingham News' Miss Basketball Award, and was chosen for the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game. [3]
McCorvey played college basketball at St. John's University in New York City for head coach Kim Barnes Arico from 2006 to 2010. A four-year captain, [4] she became one of four players in St. John's history to record both 700 career points and 700 career rebounds. [5] She recorded 777 rebounds, third-most in program history. [6]
McCorvey graduated in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in child education. [7]
McCorvey began her coaching career as an assistant under former head coach Kim Barnes Arico at her alma mater St. John's. When Arico accepted the head coach job at Michigan, McCorvey followed her to Ann Arbor, where she remained an assistant until 2018. [6] In May 2018, McCorvey became an assistant coach at Florida State under Sue Semrau. [4] She was Florida State's lead recruiter before departing in April 2021 to join Kellie Harper's staff for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. [8] On April 1, 2024, Harper was fired and McCorvey was not retained as an assistant. [9] That season, she was named by The Athletic as one of the top 20 assistant coaches in women's college basketball for a future head coaching position, having been a part of seven NCAA Tournaments and eleven 20-win seasons in 13 years as an assistant. [10]
On April 15, 2024, McCorvey earned her first head coaching job when she was officially named as Stony Brook's new head coach. [9]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Stony Brook (CAA)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024–25 | Stony Brook | ||||||||
Stony Brook: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 0–0 (–) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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