Jayson Gee (born December 13, 1965)
Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Western Carolina Catamounts (Head coach: Justin Gray)
Current conference: Southern Conference (SoCon)
Teams coached: Charleston (WV) Golden Eagles, Longwood Lancers
Charleston (WV) record^: 159-55 (.743)
Longwood record: 42-120 (.259)
Overall record^: 201-175 (.535)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WVIAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 2 (2000, 2001)
- WVIAC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 2 (1999, 2001)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 4 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2021-present | Western Carolina (assoc. HC) |
2019-2021 | Cincinnati (asst) |
2018-2019 | Winthrop (assoc. HC) |
2013-2018 | Longwood |
2006-2013 | Cleveland State (assoc. HC) |
2004-2006 | St. Bonaventure (assoc. HC) |
2003-2004 | St. Bonaventure (asst) |
1996-2003 | Charleston (WV) |
1995-1996 | Ohio (assoc. HC) |
1993-1995 | Ohio (asst) |
1989-1993 | Youngstown State (asst) |
Jayson Gee Facts
- Jayson T. Gee
- Born December 13, 1965
- Hometown: Springfield, Ohio
- Alma Mater: University of Charleston (BS, 1988) / Ohio University (MS, 2001)
- Graduated from Springfield South HS (OH) and then played for head coach Todd Landrum at Charleston (WV), where he was a two-time captain and was later inducted into the Charleston Athletics HOF (class of 2003)
- Started out his coaching career at Youngstown State, spending four years as an assistant under John Stroia
- Followed that with a three-year stint on Larry Hunter‘s staff at Ohio, including one year as associate head coach
- Returned to his alma mater in 1996 to be the head coach; led the Golden Eagles for seven seasons and went 159-55 overall
- Won two WVIAC titles and reached the D-II NCAA Tournament in four-straight seasons (1999-2002)
- Moved back up the D-I ranks in 2003, becoming an assistant under Anthony Solomon at St. Bonaventure; elevated to associate head coach in 2004
- Spent seven years as Gary Waters‘ associate head coach at Cleveland State, a tenure that included three NITs and one NCAA Tournament (2009)
- Hired in 2013 to be the head coach at Longwood, a position he held for five seasons
- Was unable to find success with the program, finishing with an overall record of 42-120; was fired in March 2018 following a 7-26 campaign
- Spent one year working at Winthrop under Pat Kelsey and then two at Cincinnati under John Brannen, with whom he worked at St. Bonaventure
- Joined the staff of new Western Carolina head coach Justin Gray in 2021 as his associate head coach
Jayson Gee Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels