| Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Boston College |
| Current Conference: | ACC |
| Birth Place: | Weirton, West Virginia |
| Alma Mater: | West Liberty University Eastern Kentucky University |
| Player Years1: | 1993–1997 |
| Player Team1: | West Liberty State |
| Player Positions: | Point guard |
| Coach Years1: | 1997–1998 |
| Coach Team1: | Eastern Kentucky (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team2: | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| Coach Years3: | 1999–2001 |
| Coach Team3: | Eastern Kentucky (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2001–2003 |
| Coach Team4: | West Virginia (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2003–2007 |
| Coach Team5: | Maryland (asst.) |
| Coach Years6: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team6: | West Virginia (asst.) |
| Coach Years7: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team7: | Pikeville |
| Coach Years8: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team8: | Albany |
| Coach Years9: | 2018–present |
| Coach Team9: | Boston College |
| Admin Years1: | 1998–1999 |
| Admin Team1: | West Virginia Wesleyan (women's AD) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA) 2–2 (WNIT) 3–1 (NAIA D-I) |
| Awards: | |
Joanna Lynn Bernabei-McNamee (born 1975) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at Boston College.[1]
Born Joanna Lynn Bernabei in Weirton, West Virginia, Bernabei-McNamee graduated from Weirton Madonna High School in 1993. She helped Weirton Madonna win a girls' basketball state championship and also lettered in tennis and track at the school.[2]
After high school, she enrolled at West Liberty State College. A point guard, Bernabei-McNamee was a four-year all-WVIAC honoree and reached both 1,000 points and 1,000 assists plus over 500 rebounds in her collegiate career.[3] [4] In 1997, she graduated from West Liberty State with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology.[4]
Source[5]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | West Liberty State College | 27 | 307 | 40.4% | 24.0% | 73.5% | 4.8 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 11.4 | |
| 1995 | West Liberty State College | 30 | 346 | 39.2% | 31.7% | 77.1% | 4.3 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 11.5 | |
| 1996 | West Liberty State College | 30 | 313 | 38.8% | 38.4% | 64.5% | 3.6 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 10.4 | |
| 1997 | West Liberty State College | 29 | 351 | 42.3% | 40.5% | 74.7% | 4.5 | 10.2 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 12.1 | |
| Career | 116 | 1317 | 40.1% | 34.7% | 73.0% | 4.3 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 11.4 |
Bernabei-McNamee began her coaching career at Eastern Kentucky in 1997 under Larry Joe Inman. She also completed a master's degree in sports administration at Eastern Kentucky in 1998.[6]
In 1998, Bernabei-McNamee became head women's basketball coach and senior women's athletics administrator at Division II West Virginia Wesleyan College.[6] At the time, she was the youngest college head coach in the U.S.[3] Under Bernabei-McNamee, West Virginia Wesleyan went 18–10 (15–6 WVIAC).[7] Bernabei-McNamee then spent the next two years back on Inman's staff at Eastern Kentucky.[8]
Bernabei-McNamee joined Mike Carey's staff as assistant coach at West Virginia in 2001. Two years later, she became an assistant at Maryland under Brenda Frese and was part of the Maryland team that won the 2006 NCAA tournament.[8] For the 2008–09 season, Bernabei-McNamee rejoined Carey at West Virginia as assistant coach.[6]
In 2013, Bernabei-McNamee became head coach at the University of Pikeville, an NAIA school. In three seasons, she went 63–26 at Pikeville, including a 26–9 record and Final Four appearance in 2015–16.[9]
On April 15, 2016, Albany hired Bernabei-McNamee to be women's basketball head coach.[6]
In 2004, Joanna Bernabei married Joseph McNamee. They have two children. From 2007 to 2008 and 2009 to 2013, she was a stay-at-home parent.[6] [10]