Jay Joyner
Jay Joyner is an American college basketball coach and former head coach for the North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team.[1][2]
 Joyner in 2016 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amityville, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | South Carolina State |
| 199?–199? | CB 1939 Canarias |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2003 | Centennial HS (assistant) |
| 2003–2005 | Tennessee State (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Columbia State CC (assistant) |
| 2006–2008 | Rutgers (assistant) |
| 2008–2009 | Cumberland (assistant) |
| 2009–2012 | Columbia State CC |
| 2012–2016 | North Carolina A&T (assistant) |
| 2016–2020 | North Carolina A&T |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 47–62 (college) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| MEAC Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Playing career
Joyner played college basketball at South Carolina State under Cy Alexander, and was a part of the Bulldogs 1996 NCAA Tournament squad. After college he played for the CB 1939 Canarias in Spain's Liga ACB, but retired due to nagging knee problems and his first child on the way.
Coaching career
Joyner's college coaching career began under Alexander at Tennessee State, where he served as an assistant coach. He'd then move on to assistant coaching jobs at Columbia State, Rutgers, and Cumberland before returning to Columbia State as head coach. In three seasons with the Chargers, he compiled a 61-23 record and two Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association regular season titles.
When Alexander was named the head coach at North Carolina A&T, Joyner joined his staff as an assistant coach. He was elevated to the head coaching position on March 7, 2016 after Alexander resigned. Joyner was suspended indefinitely as head coach on December 27th, 2019 for undisclosed reasons. NC A&T State University stated that the issue was a "personnel matter" and would not comment further until the issue was resolved. Joyner will be replaced by associate head coach Willie Jones as acting head coach.[3]
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina A&T Aggies (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2016–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | North Carolina A&T | 5–5‡ | 5–3‡ | T–6th | |||||
| 2016–17 | North Carolina A&T | 3–29 | 1–15 | 13th | |||||
| 2017–18 | North Carolina A&T | 20–15 | 11–5 | T–4th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2018–19 | North Carolina A&T | 19–13 | 13–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 2019–20 | North Carolina A&T | 10–12 | 6–1 | ||||||
| North Carolina A&T: | 57–74 (.435) | 36–27 (.571) |
‡ Cy Alexander resigned January 29, 2016; Joyner coached rest of season. | ||||||
| Total: | 57–74 (.435) | ||||||||
References
- "Jay Joyner Bio".
- "Jay Joyner Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
- Sanchez, Zila. "N.C. A&T head coach suspended indefinitely". The A&T Register.