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(CHARLOTTE,
NC)-- Johnson C. Smith
University recently promoted Stephen Joyner as its new Athletics
Director. He replaces Helen Caldwell.
Joyner was promoted to the new
position on April 1, 2005. He previously worked as the
university’s assistant athletics director. Joyner holds his
longstanding position of Johnson C. Smith University Men’s
Basketball Team Head Coach.
“In my role as
athletics director I will have the primary responsibility for
the day-to-day operations and supervision of the athletics
department staff while also promoting effective communication
among JCSU staff, faculty, student-athletes, media and public.”
Joyner recently
completed his 17th season as head coach of the JCSU
Golden Bulls. His career record is 319-200. A native of
Winston-Salem, N.C., he became the star point guard for the
Golden Bulls from 1969-73. For more than two decades, he has
taken the men’s program to unprecedented levels, establishing
Smith as one of the most feared teams in the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
“Coach Joyner
has shown leadership both as a coach and assistant athletics
director,” said Johnson C. Smith President, Dr. Dorothy Cowser
Yancy. “His new position fits the university’s strategic goal to
become noted as an outstanding liberal arts college with a
strong institutional identity.”
Joyner is the
winningest men’s basketball coach in Golden Bulls history,
having recorded 319 victories. He led the Golden Bulls to their
second consecutive CIAA western Division Title in 2002. In 2000,
his team finished fourth in the CIAA, third place finishes in
1991, 1993 and 2003, second place finishes in 1992, 1998 and
2002, and CIAA Tournament Champions in 2001.
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