Phillip Shumpert

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Phillip Shumpert
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamLouisiana Ragin' Cajuns
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Biographical details
Born (1974-07-10) July 10, 1974 (age 49)
Fulton, Mississippi, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2007Columbia HS (assistant)
2007–2008Lawson State CC (assistant)
2008–2009West Alabama (assistant)
2009–2013Lawson State CC
2013–2014Southern Poly (assistant)
2014–2015Jackson State (assistant)
2015–2016Lawson State CC
2016–2017Starr's Mill HS (associate head coach)
2019–2022North Carolina A&T (assistant)
2022–2023North Carolina A&T (interim HC)
2023–presentLouisiana (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall13–19 (.406)

Phillip Shumpert (born June 10, 1974) is an American college basketball coach, who is currently an assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. He previously was the interim head coach at North Carolina A&T.

Coaching career[edit]

Shumpert started his coaching career at Columbia High School as an assistant where he would coach for one year. He would then move on to Lawson as an assistant coach for one year,[1] before receiving an assistant coaching job at West Alabama which he accepted and coached at for one year.[2] He would then return as the head coach for Lawson where he would stay for four years.[1] Next he would be hired as an assistant at Southern Poly for one year[3] From there he would take an assistant coaching job at Jackson State for one year.[4] He would then return to Lawson as their head coach for one year.[1] Shumpert would then go to Starr's Mill High School as their associate head coach for a year, before becoming a consultant Georgia Hoop Circle for two years.[1] He would then return to the college ranks as an assistant coach for North Carolina A&T.[5] He would hold that position for three years, but on August 18, 2022, head coach Will Jones was fired and Shumpert was named as the Interim head coach for North Carolina A&T.[6] In his season as the interim head coach for the Aggies he went 13-19 and was not retained at the end of the year.[7]

He was named an assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns on September 1, 2023.[8]

Head Coaching Record[edit]

College[edit]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Carolina A&T (CAA) (2022–2023)
2022–23 North Carolina A&T 13–19 8–10 7th
North Carolina A&T: 13–19 (.406) 8–10 (.444)
Total: 13–19 (.406)

      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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "PHILLIP SHUMPERT". North Carolina A&T Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Shumpert new UWA assistant basketball coach". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ^ Adams, Zach. "Shumpert hired as Southern Poly assistant basketball coach". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Jackson State Dirt…". Hoop Dirt. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ^ "North Carolina A&T's Will Jones adds two new members to his coaching staff". HBCU Sports. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. ^ "North Carolina A&T fires coach Will Jones". Yardbarker. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Phillip Shumpert". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ^ Perpetua, Tom (September 1, 2023). "Shumpert Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. Retrieved November 17, 2023.