Maurice Joseph - Men's Basketball Coach - University of Richmond Athletics

Maurice Joseph

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
mjoseph@richmond.edu
Phone:
289-8384

Coaching Experience:
Assistant Coach, University of Richmond, 2021-present
Assistant Coach, George Mason University, 2020-21
Assistant Coach, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2019-20
Head Coach, George Washington University, 2016-19
Assistant Coach, George Washington University, 2013-16
Assistant Director of Basketball Operations, George Washington University, 2011-13

Joseph joined the Richmond staff as an assistant coach on May 17, 2021, bringing 10 seasons of college coaching experience to the Spiders, including nine in the Atlantic 10.

In his first season with the Spiders, Joseph helped lead Richmond to the 2022 Atlantic 10 title, a win vs Big Ten champion Iowa in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, and a 24-13 record, the fourth most wins in a season in program history.

Joseph came to Richmond from George Mason University, where he served as an assistant coach in 2020-21 and helped the Patriots to a 13-9 record and an 8-6 finish in the Atlantic 10 while assisting with the development of Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year Tyler Kolek.

Joseph also spent eight seasons at George Washington, rising from assistant director of operations in 2011 to assistant coach in 2013 to head coach in 2016. In 2016-17, he led the Colonials to a 20-15 record and berth in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) despite being the youngest head coach in a top 10 RPI conference, at 31. While at George Washington, Joseph worked with three players who went on to play in the NBA: Patricio Garino, Tyler Cavanaugh, and Yuta Watanabe. Following three seasons as the head coach at George Washington, he spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson.

As a player, Joseph led Vermont to a 49-19 record over his final two seasons, including an America East championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a senior in 2010. Joseph averaged a career-best 13.9 points per game that season, second on the team. He began his college career at Michigan State, where he was part of a pair of NCAA Tournament teams while appearing in 52 total games as a freshman and sophomore.

A native of Montreal, Quebec, Joseph prepped at Champlain-St. Lambert and was named Canada's National Player of the Year in 2005. Joseph and his wife Kristen have a son, Kameron, who was born in 2021.