Edward Joyner

Teams coached: Hampton Pirates
Hampton record: 223-257 (.465)
Overall record: 223-257 (.465)

Edward Joyner, Jr.
Born June 28, 1972
Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Alma Mater: Johnson C. Smith University (BA, 1995) / Hampton University (MA, 2016)
Father was the late Edward “Buck” Joyner, Sr., a longtime head coach at St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA
- Edward, Sr. later served as a volunteer assistant for Edward, Jr. – aka “Little Buck” – at Hampton before passing away in Dec 2017
Played collegiately at D-II Johnson C. Smith in Charlotte, where his uncle – Stephen Joyner, Sr. – was head coach and AD
- Became the assistant head coach for his uncle after graduation, serving in that capacity for eleven seasons
- From 2001-2006 he also served as an assistant coach with the Johnson C. Smith women’s program
- His cousin Stephen, Jr. was named the head women’s coach at Johnson C. Smith in July 2012
Moved up to Division I in 2006 when he joined Kevin Nickelberry‘s staff at Hampton
Elevated to head coach three years later, leading the Pirates to the 2011 NCAA Tournament in his second season
- Took the Pirates to the postseason seven times in fiften years: three NCAA Tournaments, one NIT, two CBIs and one CIT; reached the semifinals of the 2019 CIT
- For the first nine seasons of his tenure, the program was a member of the MEAC; joined the Big South in 2018 then the CAA in 2022
- Went 223-257 overall in fifteen years at the helm but just 17-48 in the two years after joining the CAA; fired in March 2024