Joe Scott (basketball)
Air Force photo of Joe Scott.
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| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Holy Cross |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 28, 1965 Pelican Island, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1987 | Princeton |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1992 | Monmouth (asst.) |
| 1992–2000 | Princeton (asst.) |
| 2000–2004 | Air Force |
| 2004–2007 | Princeton |
| 2007–2016 | Denver |
| 2016–present | Holy Cross (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 235–240 (.495) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA) 1–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Joseph Winston Scott (born July 28, 1965) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at the College of the Holy Cross. Scott previously was head coach at Air Force, Princeton, and Denver.
Born on Pelican island in Toms River, New Jersey, Scott played baseball, basketball and football at Toms River High School East, where he set the school's basketball career scoring record. Scott played at point guard in high school and set a school record for career basketball points with 1,550.
As a player in the mid-1980s, Scott learned the "Princeton offense," a methodical system that seeks high-percentage shots by passing until the right opportunity rather than a fast-pace offense with more shots. As a result, Scott has frequently instituted a deliberate pace as a coach, often coaching the slowest-paced team in the country.
In 1990, Scott earned his law degree at Notre Dame Law School and became a personal injury lawyer at New Jersey law firm Ribis, Graham, & Carter. In 2004, Scott reflected on his legal career: "If you are not a public defender or a prosecutor, most of the time what you are trying to do is help yourself, and when I was doing what I was doing every day, I sat there and said, ‘Who am I helping?’ It’s all about billing hours."
After being an assistant coach at Monmouth University for the 1991–92 season, Scott returned to Princeton as an assistant coach, first under under Pete Carril from 1992 to 1996 and Bill Carmody from 1996 to 2000. Scott's time as assistant coach included a 1996 win over defending champion UCLA in the NCAA Tournament and a no. 7 ranking and another second-round NCAA appearance in 1998. The 1998 team earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the highest ranking ever for an Ivy League school.
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