HAMPTON, VA. (March 11, 2024) … Edward Joyner, Jr., a fixture on the Hampton College sidelines for the previous 15 years, won’t have his contract renewed as head basketball coach, it was introduced on Monday.
The Pirates accomplished the 2023-24 season on Saturday with an 80-50 loss to Delaware within the second spherical of the Coastal Athletic Affiliation (CAA) Championships. Hampton completed the 2023-24 with a 9-24 document and completed in final place within the CAA with a 3-15 mark. The Pirates haven’t posted a successful document in 5 seasons since recording an 18-17 worksheet in 2018-19.
Joyner finishes as Hampton’s all-time winningest coach on the Division I degree with a 223-257 document.
“Coach Joyner is an effective basketball coach and an incredible individual,” Hampton College Director of Athletics Anthony D. Henderson Sr. mentioned. “Over the previous 15 years, he has poured his coronary heart and soul into the Hampton basketball program. Finally, we’ve got not maintained the constant degree of success on the court docket that we anticipate. After a full evaluation, we’ve got determined to make a change within the basketball program’s management.”
Whereas the on-court constituency had diminished in current seasons, there have been a large number of successes throughout his tenure. Beneath Joyner, the Pirates appeared in seven postseason tournaments. For six straight seasons (2014-19), Hampton superior to the postseason, starting from the NCAA Event to the CIT.
· Three NCAA Event berths (2011, 2015, 2016)· One NIT look (2018)· Two CBI invites (2014, 2017)· One CIT look (2019)
Throughout the 2015 NCAA event, the Pirates picked up their second NCAA Event win on the Division I degree. Hampton defeated Manhattan 74-64 within the First 4. Joyner’s groups additionally claimed two Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention regular-season titles (2015-16, 2017-18) and three MEAC event crowns (2011, 2015, 2016).
Even this season, regardless of the dearth of success on the court docket, Hampton College had notable wins over longtime rival Howard within the Invesco QQQ Legacy Traditional, CAA foes Towson, Campbell, and Monmouth together with an upset win over Elon within the opening spherical of the CAA Championships. With the win over the Phoenix Joyner turned the one Pirates coach in program historical past to win a convention event sport in each Division I convention during which the Pirates competed.
But the Pirates’ fifth consecutive shedding season was led by a 13-game shedding streak this 12 months and a 5-13 convention document.
The duty was made harder as Hampton moved from the MEAC to the harder Huge South after which to the extra aggressive CAA throughout Joyner’s tenure.
“Our student-athletes benefitted vastly from their time with Coach Joyner and his dedication to their private improvement,” Henderson mentioned. “We thank Buck for his service to the college and want him and his household properly.”
Hampton College will instantly start a nationwide seek for a brand new head coach.
