Maurice Joseph
Maurice Joseph (born August 25, 1985)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Butler Bulldogs (Head coach: Thad Matta)
Current conference: Big East Conference
Teams coached: George Washington Colonials
George Washington record: 44-57 (.436)
Overall record: 44-57 (.436)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2017)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Butler (asst) |
| 2021-2022 | Richmond (asst) |
| 2020-2021 | George Mason (asst) |
| 2019-2020 | Fairleigh Dickinson (asst) |
| 2016-2019 | George Washington |
| 2013-2016 | George Washington (asst) |
| 2012-2013 | George Washington (DBO) |
| 2011-2012 | George Washington (asst. DBO) |
Maurice Joseph Facts
- Maurice Joseph
- Born August 26, 1985
- Hometown: Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Alma Mater: University of Vermont (BA, 2009) / George Washington University (MA, 2013)
- Born and raised in Montréal, Québec, where he was named Canada’s National POY in 2005 as a senior at Champlain-St. Lambert
- Older brother of former Syracuse star and NBA player Kris Joseph, and is a second cousin to NBA player Cory Joseph
- Started his playing career at Michigan State, playing two seasons for Tom Izzo before transferring to Vermont in 2007
- Sat out a year then played two seasons with the Catamounts under head coach Mike Lonergan
- Spent one season playing professional basketball for Hapoel Afula in Israel; also spent time playing with the Trinidad & Tobago national team in 2010 (the home country of both of his parents)
- Joined Lonergan’s first staff at George Washington in 2011, spending a year each as assistant DBO and DBO while earning a master’s degree from the University; elevated to assistant coach in 2013
- Took over as interim head coach in September 2016 after Lonergan was fired; led the Colonials to a 20-15 record and a trip to the 2017 CBI
- Signed a five-year contract in March 2017 to become the permanent head coach at GWU
- Became just the fourth Canadian-born head coach in Division I basketball history
- Fired in March 2019 after three years, going 44-57 during that tenure including 9-24 in his third and final season
- Spent one season each as an assistant at Fairleigh Dickinson (under Greg Herenda) and George Mason (under Dave Paulsen) before joining Chris Mooney‘s staff at Richmond in 2021
- The following year, he moved on to Butler to be an assistant coach under Thad Matta
Maurice Joseph Coaching Tree
- Carmen Maciariello (Siena)
- Greg Paulus (Niagara)
