Corey Gipson | |
Current Title: | Head Coach |
Current Team: | Austin Peay |
Current Conference: | ASUN |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1981 |
Birth Place: | Sikeston, Missouri, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 2000–2002 |
Player Team1: | Three Rivers CC (MO) |
Player Years2: | 2002–2004 |
Player Team2: | Austin Peay |
Coach Years1: | 2005–2009 |
Coach Team1: | Virginia State (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 2009–2012 |
Coach Team2: | UNC Greensboro (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2012–2015 |
Coach Team3: | Austin Peay (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2015–2022 |
Coach Team4: | Missouri State (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 2022–2023 |
Coach Team5: | Northwestern State |
Coach Years6: | 2023–present |
Coach Team6: | Austin Peay |
Tournament Record: | 0–1 (CIT) |
Corey Gipson (born January 22, 1981) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team.[1]
Gipson played his first two years at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri before transferring to Austin Peay where he was part of two Governors Ohio Valley Conference regular season titles, including the 2003 OVC tournament title for a berth in the NCAA tournament.Web site: Corey Gipson - Men's Basketball. [2]
After graduating, Gipson started his coaching career as an assistant at Virginia State from 2005 to 2009 before joining the staff at UNC Greensboro where he would coach under both Mike Dement and Wes Miller.[3] Gipson would return to his alma mater as an assistant coach from 2012 to 2015, then become an assistant coach at Missouri State in 2016.[4]
On March 21, 2022, Gipson was named the 10th coach in Northwestern State's history, replacing the retiring Mike McConathy.[5] [6] [7]
Gipson returned to Austin Peay on March 12, 2023 to become their head coach, replacing Nate James.