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Justin Joyner
Joyner with the 2025–26 Michigan Wolverines in February
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOregon State
ConferencePac-12
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 (age 38)
Antioch, California, U.S.[1][2]
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Playing career
2006–2011UC Santa Barbara
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2017–2018Saint Mary's (DBO)
2018–2022Saint Mary's (assistant)
2022–2024Saint Mary's (associate HC)
2024–2026Michigan (assistant)
2026–presentOregon State
Head coaching record
Overall0–0 (–)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As an assistant:
Awards
As a player:

Justin Joyner (born February 25, 1988) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the Oregon State Beavers. He previously held assistant roles at the University of Michigan and Saint Mary's College of California. As a player and an assistant coach, Joyner has won championships at every stop of his career; including the 2026 national championship with Michigan.

Playing career

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Joyner attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, where he was the starting point guard for the 32–1 California State Division I champions in 2006.[3] In the championship game, after his teammates missed all three prior free throw attempts in the final minute, he made a pair with 7.7 seconds left in a 43-40 victory over Clovis West High School.[4]

Joyner played college basketball for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos from 2006 through 2011, where he appeared in 112 games with 74 starts, averaging 3.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. He was also a three-time team captain and a 2007 all-freshman selection by the Big West Conference.[5][6] The 2007–08 Gauchos team was 2007–08 Big West co-champion (with Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge). Joyner threw the 3/4 court pass in overtime with 0.3 seconds left to set up the tiebreaking points for the championship.[7] With Joyner as its starting point guard, the team set a school record with 23 wins.[8] He had played the entire 2007–08 season with a broken bone in his right wrist and the surgery did not heal in time for him to play during the 2008–09 season.[9] The 2009–10 Gauchos were also the Big West regular season co-champion (with Pacific).[10] The Gauchos won the 2010 and 2011 Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments.[11]

Coaching career

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After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Joyner earned $800/month ($1145 in 2025) in a San Francisco Bay Area AAU program coaching youth basketball.[12]

Saint Mary's

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Joyner got his first career coaching job in 2017 as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Saint Mary's Gaels of the West Coast Conference (WCC). After one season, he was promoted to assistant coach. Before the start of the 2022 season, Joyner was once again promoted to be the team's associate head coach.[13][14] The 2018–19 Gaels won the 2019 WCC tournament, with Joyner as an assistant coach. In Joyner's final two seasons with Saint Mary's as an associate coach, the 2022–23 and 2023–24 Gaels won the 2022–23 and 2023–24 WCC regular season championships, respectively. The also won the 2024 WCC tournament during this span.[15]

Michigan

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In April 2024, he was hired by Dusty May at the University of Michigan as an assistant coach for the Wolverines.[16] The 2024–25 Wolverines won the Big Ten tournament.[17] The 2025–26 Wolverines won the Big Ten Conference regular season.[18] On April 6, Michigan earned the championhsip at the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and tied the Big Ten Conference record for single-season wins.[19][20]

Oregon State

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On March 11, 2026, Joyner was hired to be the head coach at Oregon State University for the Beavers.[21][22] Oregon State would be returning to the newly revamped Pac-12 Conference for the 2026-27 season where the Gonzaga Bulldogs were expected to be the dominant program. Joyner had enjoyed prior coaching successes against Gonzaga.[15] On March 16, he held a press conference in Corvallis, Oregon, to meet the local press as after agreeing to a five-year contract worth $4.85 million.[12]

Joyner will remain with Michigan through the 2026 NCAA tournament,[23] although there was an urgency at Oregon State to "retain players, to build a staff, and to prepare for the transfer portal".[24] He will formally begin as head coach on the day after Michigan's tournament ends.[25] However, the job informally began well before Michigan's season ended. On March 25, his coaching staff's first two assistant coach additions were announced: Danny Yoshikawa and Michael Plank.[26] Dominic Lippi and Justin Argenal also joined as assistant coaches in early April.[27][28]

Personal life

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Joyner's wife, Tracy, is the head soccer coach at the University of Oregon. They have a daughter, Weslee.[23] Before being hired by Oregon in December 2024,[29] Tracy had spent five years as head coach for the UC Davis Aggies. They had lived together in the Bay area near Saint Mary's until their 2024 coaching changes.[12][24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Justin Joyner". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  2. ^ "Justin Joyner". ESPN. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball: Justin Joyner". Saint Mary's College of California. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  4. ^ Roberson, Stephen (March 20, 2006). "De La Salle survives, wins state crown De La Salle survives, takes state". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  5. ^ Streeter, Isaac. "Oregon State names Justin Joyner men's basketball coach". Columbia County Spotlight. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  6. ^ "Justin Joyner". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  7. ^ "Gauchos Garner Big West Crown in Dramatic Fashion". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. March 8, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  8. ^ "Gauchos Put Perfect Record on the Line, Host San Francisco Monday". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. November 20, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  9. ^ "Gauchos Host Cal State Los Angeles Friday, Utah State Monday as 2008-09 Season Tips-Off". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. November 12, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  10. ^ Klan, Mike (March 5, 2021). "Gauchos win Big West title for the first time since 2010". KEYT. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  11. ^ "Men's Basketball Championship History". Big West Conference. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  12. ^ a b c Crepea, James (March 16, 2026). "How Justin and Tracy Joyner made their dream jobs work en route to Oregon State, Oregon". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  13. ^ Crepea, James. "Michigan assistant emerges in Oregon State men's basketball coaching search, per source". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  14. ^ Bartlett, Landon. "Oregon State hires Michigan's Justin Joyner as men's basketball coach". Statesman Journal. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  15. ^ a b Moore, CJ (March 11, 2026). "Oregon State to hire Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as men's basketball head coach: Sources". The Athletic. The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  16. ^ Kahn, Andrew (April 10, 2024). "Michigan hires a new assistant coach from West Coast". MLive.com. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  17. ^ Bando, Zain (March 16, 2025). "Michigan basketball coach Dusty May makes undeniable history in Big Ten Tournament final vs. Wisconsin Badgers". The Sporting News. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  18. ^ "No. 3 Michigan claims Big Ten regular-season title with an 84-70 win over No. 10 Illinois". ESPN.com. February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  19. ^ Wyrot, Tom (April 6, 2026). "Wolverines Triumph Over Huskies to Win Second National Championship". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  20. ^ Borzello, Jeff (April 6, 2026). "Michigan holds off UConn, wins second NCAA basketball title". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  21. ^ Crepea, James. "Oregon State hiring Michigan assistant coach Justin Joyner as head basketball coach". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  22. ^ Borzello, Jeff; Thamel, Pete. "Sources: Oregon St. hiring Michigan's Justin Joyner as coach". ESPN. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  23. ^ a b Andrew Kahn (March 11, 2026). "Michigan basketball assistant takes head-coaching job". MLive.com.
  24. ^ a b Bagley, Matt (March 16, 2026). "Three Takeaways from Justin Joyner's First Oregon State Press Conference". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  25. ^ Crepea, James (March 28, 2026). "Contract details released for Oregon State men's basketball coach Justin Joyner". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  26. ^ Crepea James (March 25, 2026). "Justin Joyner hires 2 assistants to Oregon State basketball coaching staff". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  27. ^ Crepea James (April 2, 2026). "Former Saint Mary's, Cal Baptist assistant added to Justin Joyner's coaching staff at Oregon State". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  28. ^ Crepea James (April 3, 2026). "Former Division II head coach joining Oregon State men's basketball staff". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  29. ^ Clarke, Ryan (December 2, 2024). "Oregon Ducks hire Tracy Joyner as new women's soccer coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
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