Jay Joyner

Teams coached: North Carolina A&T Aggies
North Carolina A&T record: 50-72 (.410)
Overall record^: 50-72 (.410)

Jay Joyner
Hometown: Amityville, New York
Alma Mater: Middle Tennessee State University (BA)
Played at South Carolina State under longtime head coach Cy Alexander for three seasons
- Would later finish his degree at Middle Tennessee after starting his coaching career in TN
First coaching jobs were at Centennial HS (Franklin, TN), Tennessee State (under Alexander) and Columbia State CC (TN)
Spent two seasons as an assistant at Rutgers under head coach Fred Hill and then one season at NAIA Cumberland (TN)
Returned to Columbia State CC as head coach in 2009, going 61-23 in three seasons and winning two TN CC Athletic Association titles
Arrived at North Carolina A&T in 2012, spending four seasons under his former coach Cy Alexander, before taking over as head coach midway through the 2015-16 season
- After winning just three games in his first full season, his 2017-18 Aggies team won 20 games and played in the 2018 CIT
- In December 2019, the school announced that Joyner was suspended indefinitely from his position
  - The Aggies were 3-10 at the time; went 14-5 the remainder of the year under interim head coach Will Jones
- The University officially accepted Joyner’s resignation in June 2020 and Jones was named his permanent replacement
Hired in November 2021 to be the head coach of the newly-reinstated basketball program at Yavapai College in Arizona
- Went 7-23 during the 2022-23 season; resigned in March 2023 without any publicly stated reason

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only