Elwyn McRoy

College coach infobox


Name = Elwyn McRoy
Sport = Basketball
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College = Arkansas State
Title = Assistant Coach
Awards = Top Junior College Recruiter - "Basketball Times"
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CoachYears = 1997
1998-2000
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2008
2008-Present
CoachTeams = Butler (KS) CC (asst.)
Independence (KS) CC (asst.)
Redlands (OK) CC (asst.)
Frank Phillips (TX)
Southern University (asst.)
Northwood (FL) University (asst.)
Georgia Southern (asst.)
Arkansas State (asst.)
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Elwyn McRoy is an assistant men's basketball coach at Arkansas State.

Playing Career

McRoy began his collegiate playing career at Butler Community College and then transferred to Hutchinson Community College, where he helped the Blue Dragons capture the 1994 NJCAA National Championship. After his graduation from Hutchinson, McRoy moved on to Cleveland State to finish his collegiate playing career and earn his bachelor’s degree.

Coaching Career

A veteran coach at the collegiate level, McRoy has 12 years of experience as an assistant and head coach and has made an impact as both a coach and recruiter. He began his career as an assistant coach at Butler Community College in 1997 before landing at Independence Community College as an assistant from 1998-2000, Redlands (Okla.) Community College as an assistant from 2001-02, Frank Phillips (Texas) College as head coach from 2002-03, Southern University as an assistant from 2003-05 and Northwood (Fla.) University as an assistant from 2005-06.

McRoy spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at Georgia Southern, where he helped lead the Eagles to a 20-12 record this past season and was involved with the recruitment of Mid-Florida Player of the Year Tyrone Crunell, Kansas Junior College Player of the Year and first team All-America selection Julian Allen and Second Team NJCAA All-America pick Antonio Hanson.

In five seasons at the junior college level, McRoy coached 28 players that went on to play at the NCAA Division I level and was influential in the development of 2004-05 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year Taj Gray (Oklahoma Sooners) and the 2005-06 Horizon Conference Player of the Year Brandon Polk (Butler). Widely known as an exceptional recruiter, McRoy was named a top junior college recruiter by the national publication Basketball Times.

In addition to Georgia Southern, McRoy also coached and was the recruiting coordinator at NCAA Division I-A Southern University. While at Southern, the Wichita, Kan. native helped guide the Jaguars to their best record in six years and their first .500 conference finish in eight seasons.

External Links

* [http://www.astateredwolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7200&ATCLID=1457661&Q_SEASON=2008 Arkansas State Basketball Coach Bio]