Joseph Price (basketball)

Joseph Price is a college basketball coach at Central State University. Prior to his arrival at Central State, he served as the head coach of Grambling State University.

Joseph Price
Playing career
1982–1986Notre Dame
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2007IUPUI (asst.)
2007–2010Ball State (asst.)
2010–2011Morehead State (asst.)
2011–2012Lamar (asst.)
2012–2014Grambling State

Playing career

Price played college basketball for Notre Dame under Digger Phelps in the 1980s. He later played professionally overseas for 13 years.[1]

IUPUI

Price began his college coaching career at IUPUI in 2002–03, that same year, the Jaguars advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever. While at IUPUI, Price coached current Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill, a first round selection in the 2008 NBA Draft.[2]

Lamar

In the 2011-2012 season, Price helped coach the Cardinals to an outstanding 23-12 record and a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000. It was the team's first 20-win season since 1988 and their third highest win total ever.

Grambling State

In 2012, Price was hired as the head coach of Grambling State.[3] His first season was not successful, as the 2012-13 team went 0–28, becoming the eighth Division I team in NCAA history to finish a season winless.[4]

Central State

Price was hired to lead the Marauders of Central State in the summer of 2014. In his first season at CSU, the team contended for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference championship and finished with an 18-12 overall mark. The 18 wins was the most by any first year Central State coach in over 60 years.

Head Coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Grambling State (SWAC) (2012–2014)
2012–13 Grambling State 0–280–1810th
2013–14 Grambling State 5–243–1510th
Grambling State: 5–52 (.088)3–33 (.083)
Total:5-52 (.088)

      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

References
  1. "Joseph Price is Grambling coach". ESPN. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. "2012-2013 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". Gambling State Tigers. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  3. "GSU Introduce New Head Men's Basketball Coach Joseph Price". Grambling State University. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  4. Grambling: 8th Winless D1 Team Ever Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
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