Joanna Bernabei-McNamee
| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Albany |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 21–12 (.636) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1975 (age 42–43) Weirton, West Virginia |
| Alma mater |
West Liberty University Eastern Kentucky University |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1997 | West Liberty State |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1998 | Eastern Kentucky (asst.) |
| 1998–1999 | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 1999–2001 | Eastern Kentucky (asst.) |
| 2001–2003 | West Virginia (asst.) |
| 2003–2007 | Maryland (asst.) |
| 2008–2009 | West Virginia (asst.) |
| 2013–2016 | Pikeville |
| 2016–present | Albany |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | West Virginia Wesleyan (women's AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 102–37 (.734) |
| Tournaments | 3–1 (NAIA D-I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
Joanna Lynn Bernabei-McNamee (born 1975) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
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.
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 rebounds in her collegiate career. In 1997, she graduated from West Liberty State with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology.
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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.
In 1998, Bernabei-McNamee became head women's basketball coach and senior women's athletics administrator at Division II West Virginia Wesleyan College. At the time, she was the youngest college head coach in the U.S. Under Bernabei-McNamee, West Virginia Wesleyan went 18–10 (15–6 WVIAC). Bernabei-McNamee then spent the next two years back on Inman's staff at Eastern Kentucky.
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. For the 2008–09 season, Bernabei-McNamee rejoined Carey at West Virginia as assistant coach.
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