Maurice Joseph

Maurice Joseph
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Interim head coach
Team	George Washington
Conference	Atlantic 10
Record	3–0
Biographical details
Born	(1985-08-26) August 26, 1985 Montreal, QC, CAN
Playing career
2005–2007	Michigan State
2008–2010	Vermont
Position(s)	guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2016	George Washington (Asst.)
2016–present	George Washington

Maurice Joseph (born August 26, 1985) is the current interim head basketball coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team. He was promoted to the job after the firing of coach Mike Lonergan. He previously served as an assistant under Lonergan at GW and also played college basketball under Lonergan at the University of Vermont.^[1]

Playing Career

After a standout prep career at Champlain-St. Lambert in his native Montreal, Joseph committed to play basketball at Michigan State under Tom Izzo. Joseph appeared in 52 games and was a part of two NCAA Tournament squads for the Spartans over a two year period, averaging 3.8 points per game before transferring to Vermont, closer to his Montreal home. In two seasons with the Catamounts, Joseph was the team's second-leading scorer with 13.9 points per game, helping Vermont to its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010.

Upon graduation, Joseph played professional basketball in Israel with Hapoel Afula B.C., while also representing the home nation of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago, playing on its national basketball team in 2010.^[2]

Coaching Career

In 2011, Joseph joined his former coach at Vermont Longeran's staff at George Washington, rising from director of basketball operations to assistant coach. He was elevated to the interim head coaching position after Lonergan was fired by the school amid reports of verbal player abuse and misconduct.

Personal

Joseph's brother is former NBA player Kris Joseph, a second round selection by the Boston Celtics in the 2012 NBA Draft. He is also the second cousin of Cory Joseph, currently of the Toronto Raptors, as well as Devoe Joseph, a former first-team Pac-12 selection at Oregon.^[3]

Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference
George Washington (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2016–present)
2016–17	George Washington	3-0
George Washington:		3-0 (1.000)	0-0 (–)
Total:		3–0 (1.000)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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George Washington Colonials men's basketball head coaches

J. Kramer (1906–1908)
No team (1908–1912)
Slitz Schlosser (1912–1914)
Nathan Dougherty (1914–1915)
George Colliflower (1915–1917)
Bertram Groesbeck & Murphy (1917–1918)
No team (1918–1920)
Brian Morse (1920–1923)
Jack Dailey (1923–1925)
James Lemon (1925–1927)
Harry W. Crum (1927–1929)
Joe Mitchell (1929–1930)
Jim Pixlee (1930–1932)
Ted O'Leary (1932–1934)
Jim Pixlee & Logan Wilson (1934–1935)
William Reinhart (1935–1942)
Otis Zahn (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Otis Zahn (1945–1947)
George Garber (1947–1949)
William Reinhart (1949–1966)
Babe McCarthy (1966–1967)
Wayne Dobbs (1967–1970)
Carl Slone (1970–1974)
Bob Tallent (1974–1981)
Gerry Gimelstob (1981–1985)
John Kuester (1985–1990)
Mike Jarvis (1990–1998)
Tom Penders (1998–2001)
Karl Hobbs (2001–2011)
Mike Lonergan (2011–2016)
Maurice Joseph # (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic 10 Conference

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