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]

Jay Joyner
North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball coach Jay Joyner during a game at McCamish Pavilion in 2016
Joyner in 2016
Biographical details
BornAmityville, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1993–1996South Carolina State
199?–199?CB 1939 Canarias
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2003Centennial HS (assistant)
2003–2005Tennessee State (assistant)
2005–2006Columbia State CC (assistant)
2006–2008Rutgers (assistant)
2008–2009Cumberland (assistant)
2009–2012Columbia State CC
2012–2016North Carolina A&T (assistant)
2016–2020North Carolina A&T
Head coaching record
Overall47–62 (college)
Tournaments0–1 (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 27, 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 was replaced by associate head coach Willie Jones as head coach.[3]

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
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 3–291–1513th
2017–18 North Carolina A&T 20–1511–5T–4thCIT First Round
2018–19 North Carolina A&T 19–1313–32nd
2019–20 North Carolina A&T 10–126–1
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
  1. "Jay Joyner Bio".
  2. "Jay Joyner Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  3. Sanchez, Zila (December 27, 2019). "N.C. A&T head coach suspended indefinitely". The A&T Register. Retrieved September 30, 2021.


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