Joanna Bernabei-McNamee

Joanna Bernabei-McNamee
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBoston College
ConferenceACC
Record92–88 (.511)
Biographical details
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Weirton, West Virginia
Alma materWest Liberty University
Eastern Kentucky University
Playing career
1993–1997West Liberty State
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
1998–1999West Virginia Wesleyan
1999–2001Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
2001–2003West Virginia (asst.)
2003–2007Maryland (asst.)
2008–2009West Virginia (asst.)
2013–2016Pikeville
2016–2018Albany
2018–presentBoston College
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1998–1999West Virginia Wesleyan (women's AD)
Head coaching record
Overall218–153 (.588)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)
2–2 (WNIT)
3–1 (NAIA D-I)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • WBCA NAIA Regional Coach of the Year (2016)
  • Mid-South Coach of the Year (2015)
  • ACC Coach of the Year (2019)

Joanna Lynn Bernabei-McNamee (born 1975) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at Boston College.[1]

Early life and education

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Born Joanna Lynn Bernabei in Weirton, West Virginia, Bernabei-McNamee graduated from Weirton Madonna High School in 1993. She helped Weirton Madonna win a girls' basketball state championship and also lettered in tennis and track at the school.[2]

After high school, she enrolled at West Liberty State College. A point guard, Bernabei-McNamee was a four-year all-WVIAC honoree and reached both 1,000 points and 1,000 assists plus over 500 rebounds in her collegiate career.[3][4] In 1997, she graduated from West Liberty State with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology.[4]

West Liberty State College statistics

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Source[5]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1994 West Liberty State College 27 307 40.4% 24.0% 73.5% 4.8 8.9 4.0 0.1 11.4
1995 West Liberty State College 30 346 39.2% 31.7% 77.1% 4.3 9.3 1.9 0.1 11.5
1996 West Liberty State College 30 313 38.8% 38.4% 64.5% 3.6 9.8 2.3 0.2 10.4
1997 West Liberty State College 29 351 42.3% 40.5% 74.7% 4.5 10.2 2.9 0.3 12.1
Career 116 1317 40.1% 34.7% 73.0% 4.3 9.5 2.8 0.2 11.4

Coaching career

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Bernabei-McNamee began her coaching career at Eastern Kentucky in 1997 under Larry Joe Inman. She also completed a master's degree in sports administration at Eastern Kentucky in 1998.[6]

In 1998, Bernabei-McNamee became head women's basketball coach and senior women's athletics administrator at Division II West Virginia Wesleyan College.[6] At the time, she was the youngest college head coach in the U.S.[3] Under Bernabei-McNamee, West Virginia Wesleyan went 18–10 (15–6 WVIAC).[7] Bernabei-McNamee then spent the next two years back on Inman's staff at Eastern Kentucky.[8]

Bernabei-McNamee joined Mike Carey's staff as assistant coach at West Virginia in 2001. Two years later, she became an assistant at Maryland under Brenda Frese and was part of the Maryland team that won the 2006 NCAA tournament.[8] For the 2008–09 season, Bernabei-McNamee rejoined Carey at West Virginia as assistant coach.[6]

In 2013, Bernabei-McNamee became head coach at the University of Pikeville, an NAIA school. In three seasons, she went 63–26 at Pikeville, including a 26–9 record and Final Four appearance in 2015–16.[9]

On April 15, 2016, Albany hired Bernabei-McNamee to be women's basketball head coach.[6]

Personal life

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In 2004, Joanna Bernabei married Joseph McNamee. They have two children. From 2007 to 2008 and 2009 to 2013, she was a stay-at-home parent.[6][10]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1998–1999)
1998–99 West Virginia Wesleyan 18–10 15–6 3rd[11]
West Virginia Wesleyan: 18–10 (.643) 15–6 (.714)
Pikeville Bears (Mid-South Conference) (2013–2016)
2013–14 Pikeville 14–18 7–11 T–6th[12]
2014–15 Pikeville 23–8 8–6 T–3rd[13]
2015–16 Pikeville 26–9 7–7 5th[14] NAIA D-I Final Four
Pikeville: 63–35 (.643) 22–24 (.478)
Albany Great Danes (America East) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Albany 21–12 12–4 2nd[15] NCAA first round
2017–18 Albany 24–8 12–4 2nd[16] WNIT First Round
Albany: 45–20 (.692) 24–8 (.750)
Boston College Eagles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19 Boston College 14–16 3–13 13th
2019–20 Boston College 20–12 11–7 T–4th
2020–21 Boston College 7–12 2–11 13th
2021–22 Boston College 21–12 10–8 T–7th WNIT Third Round
2022–23 Boston College 16–17 5–13 T–11th
2023–24 Boston College 14–19 5–13 T–12th
Boston College: 92–88 (.511) 36–65 (.356)
Total: 218–153 (.588)

      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

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  1. ^ "Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Named Eagles' Head Coach - Boston College". Boston College. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame: Joanna Bernabei". Ohio Valley Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Hall of Fame: Joanna Bernabei". West Liberty University Athletics. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Joanna Bernabei". West Virginia University. 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Joanna Bernabei-McNamee". University at Albany, SUNY Athletics. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ^ 1999 West Virginia Wesleyan Statistics Report
  8. ^ a b "Joanna Bernabei". University of Maryland Athletics. 2006. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "Joanna Bernabei McNamee – 1997". West Liberty University. April 25, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ Kapral, Bubba (January 21, 2016). "Joanna Bernabei leads Pikeville program". Weirton Daily Times. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  11. ^ WVIAC Women's Basketball Tournament History
  12. ^ Mid-South Conference 2013-14 Women's Basketball Standings
  13. ^ Mid-South Conference 2014-15 Women's Basketball Standings
  14. ^ Mid-South Conference 2015-16 Women's Basketball Standings
  15. ^ Women's Basketball Standings
  16. ^ Women's Basketball Standings
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