Phillip Shumpert

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (Head coach: Bob Marlin)
Current conference: Sun Belt Conference
Teams coached: North Carolina A&T Aggies
North Carolina A&T record: 13-19 (.406)
Overall record^: 13-19 (.406)

Phillip Shumpert
Born June 10, 1974
Hometown: Fulton, Mississippi
Alma Mater: The United States Sports Academy (BA, 2006)
Played basketball at Itawamba CC (MS), John C. Calhoun (AL) and D-II Albany State (GA)
Started his coaching career at Columbia HS in Decatur, GA before joining the coaching staff at Lawson CC (GA)
Spent one season as an assistant under Eddie McCarter at D-II West Alabama before returning to Lawson in 2009 to be the head coach
- Went 82-46 in four seasons at the helm, highlighted by a 25-6 record in 2010 with team being nationally ranked in the NJCAA and winning the ACCC North Division title
Worked for one year each as an assistant at Southern Poly (GA) and at D-I Jackson State under Wayne Brent
- Returned to Lawson again for a second stint as head coach, this time just for one year (2015-16)
Spent the next few years at the prep and grassroots levels in Georgia, including a stint at Starr’s Mills HS
Arrived at North Carolina A&T in 2019, spending the next ~3 seasons as an assistant under Willie Jones
- Jones was fired in August 2022 and Shumpert was named interim head coach; team went 13-19 in 2022-23
Hired in September 2023 to be an assistant coach under Bob Marlin at Louisiana

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