Experience
2024 – Present: Head Coach, Stony Brook University
2021 – 2024: Assistant Coach, University of Tennessee
2018 – 2021: Associate Head Coach (20-21)/Assistant Coach, Florida State University
2012 – 2018: Assistant Coach, University of Michigan
2011 – 2012: Assistant Coach, St. John’s University
2006 – 2010: Player/Team Captain, St. John’s University
Education
2010: St. John’s University, Bachelors, Childhood Education
Personal
Hometown: Brewton, AL
Career Highlights
In 2024, was named as one of 20 assistant coaches ready to become a Head Coach by The Athletic
From 2021 to 2024, helped lead Tennessee to a 70-34 (.673) overall and 34-18 (.654) SEC record, three winning seasons, two 25-win seasons, and three NCAA Tournament berths (two Sweet 16 appearances)
Tennessee’s scoring offense finished nationally ranked 25th in 2023-24 and 19th in 2022-23
From 2018 to 2021, helped lead Florida State to a 58-26 (.690) overall and 32-8 (.800) ACC record, three winning seasons, two 24-win seasons, and two NCAA Tournament berths
From 2012 to 2018, helped lead Michigan to a 134-73 (.647) overall and 55-45 (.550) Big Ten Conference record, six 20+ win seasons, and six postseason appearances (two NCAA Tournaments and the 2016-17 WNIT Championship)
In 2016-17, assisted Michigan to the most single-season wins (28) in program history
In 2011-12, assisted St. John’s to the most Big East Conference wins (13) and first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in program history
As a Division I Assistant Coach, has recruited and coached 28 all-conference team selections, as well as one Sixth Player of the Year and the 9th overall selections in the 2022 and 2023 WNBA drafts
A four-year Team Captain, one of only four players in St. John’s program history to reach both 700 career points and 700 career rebounds, led the program to three winning seasons and three post-season berths (one NCAA Tournament)
News & Media
4/19/24 – Joy McCorvey’s Stony Brook University Press Conference
4/15/24 – Joy McCorvey Named Stony Brook Women’s Basketball Head Coach
1/29/24 – Which Women’s College Basketball Assistants Are Ready to Become Head Coaches? (The Athletic)
5/27/21 – Joy McCorvey: ‘Nothing in Life That’s Worth It Is Easy’ (GoVols247)
5/20/21 – Lady Vol Hoops: Get to Know Assistant Coach Joy McCorvey (Tennessee Athletics)
2/24/21 – Florida State Associate Head Coach Joy McCorvey Has Played Integral Part in the Team’s Success this Season (Tallahassee Democrat)
Head Coach Record
Season | School | Overall | Conference | Championships | Post-Season |
2024-25 | Stony Brook | ||||
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