George Ivory
George Ivory (born August 7, 1965)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
Current conference: Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff record: 127-269 (.321) **
Mississippi Valley State record: 6-60 (.091)
Overall record: 133-329 (.288) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2010)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- SWAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- SWAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2010)
Awards:
- SWAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
- SWAC Player of the Year: 1 (1987)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Mississippi Valley State |
| 2008-2021 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 2007-2008 | Mississippi Valley State (asst) |
| 2006-2007 | Grambling State (asst) |
| 2002-2006 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff (asst) |
| 1998-2002 | Mississippi Valley State (asst) |
| 1991-1998 | Jackson State (women’s asst) |
| 1988-1991 | Jackson State (women’s grad. asst) |
George Ivory Facts
- George Ivory
- Born August 7, 1965
- Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi
- Alma Mater: Mississippi Valley State University (BA, 1988) / Jackson State University (MA, 1991)
- Played four seasons of basketball at MVSU under longtime head coach Lafayette Stribling
- Named SWAC Co-POY in 1987, Ivory was later inducted into the MVSU Athletics Hall of Fame (c/o 2006)
- Started coaching in 1988 as a grad assistant – and later full-time assistant – with the Jackson State women’s team
- Returned to MVSU in 1998 to spend four seasons on Stribling‘s staff as an assistant coach
- His first stint at Arkansas-Pine Bluff was a four-season run as one of Van Holt’s assistants
- Spent one year each assisting Larry Wright (Grambling) and James Green (MVSU)
- Hired in 2008 to be the head coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, a position he held for 13 seasons
- Took the Golden Lions to their first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2010, by way of a SWAC Tournament title
- Ivory resigned in April 2021, citing fatigue related to the pandemic; was officially 127-269 overall at UAPB
- Returned to alma mater MVSU in August 2021 in an administrative role as the Director of Alumni Relations
- Stepped in to coach the Delta Devils for the last three games of the 2021-22 season, going 0-3
- In March 2022, Ivory was officially hired to be the head coach at his alma mater
- Inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame in 2019 for his contributions as a player and coach
George Ivory Coaching Tree
- coming soon
** Listed records and accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA