Shumpert Named Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

He spent the 22-23 season as the interim head coach at North Carolina A&T

By: Tom Perpetua, Associate Director of Athletics Communications

LAFAYETTE, La. – After leading North Carolina A&T to their best year in three seasons, Phillip Shumpert has joined the Louisiana men's basketball staff, head coach Bob Marlin announced on Friday.  

Shumpert spent last season as the Aggies' interim head coach piloting the team to 13 wins, the program's most since the 2019-20 season, and finished seventh in their first season in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Under Shumpert's watch, Kam Woods earned second team All-Colonial Athletic Conference honors while Duncan Powell was named to the All-Rookie team.  Woods led the team with 17.3 points per game and was one of three players to average double figures for the Aggies.  

"I have known Phillip for a long time and noted his work and success as a head coach and an assistant," said Marlin. "He is an excellent recruiter and coach who builds solid relationships with the student-athletes. He did a great job last year at North Carolina A&T."

Shumpert joined the staff at North Carolina A&T before the 2019 season where they won 40 games in three seasons as an assistant with him focusing on the team's wing players, scouting opponents, along with evaluating the team's potential recruits.  Off the court, he monitored the team's academics, supervised the team's student managers, scheduled and conducted team community service appearances, and assured players had proper housing on campus.

Last season wasn't the first time Shumpert was the head man as he had a pair of stints as the head coach at Lawson Community College in Birmingham, Alabama from 2009-13 and again in 2015-16.  Shumpert led the team to a 25-6 record, reached No. 21 in the NJCAA polls, and won the Alabama Community College North Division Title with a 13-1 conference record in 2010.  For his efforts, Shumpert won the Glen Clem Award as the Alabama Junior College Coach of the Year and Region 22 Coach of the Year.  

Shumpert coached and developed Lawson's first All-American in over 30 years and four All-Region student-athletes in 2011.  The following season, he led the team to a 24-8 record and had three All-Region and three All-Conference selections as well as a pair of NJCAA players of the week.  He brought in the No. 43 ranked recruiting class according to jucorecruiting.com after the season.

During his time at the JUCO level, Shumpert played an integral part in the development of 45 players who moved onto the next level, including 26 who went onto Division I programs.  At the college level, Shumpert also spent a year as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at West Alabama. His first dip into coaching was as the assistant girl's varsity basketball coach at Columbia High School in Decatur, Ga. for the 2006-07 season.  Before joining the staff at NC A&T he was the associate boy's varsity basketball coach at Starr's Mills High School in Fayetteville, Ga. for a season. Also, he spent two years as a consultant for Georgia Hoop Circle.

Shumpert played collegiately at Itawamba Community College and John C. Calhoun Community College before transferring to Albany State.  He graduated from The United States Sports Academy in 2006.

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