Elwyn McRoy is an American

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coach and current men's basketball assistant coach at

Coastal Carolina University Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, ...

Playing career

McRoy began his collegiate playing career at

Butler Community College Butler Community College (BCC) is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas. History In 1927, El Dorado Junior College was founded. The college name has evolved over the years: Butler County Junior College, Butler County Community Junior ...

and then transferred to

Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC or HCC) is a Public college, public community college in Hutchinson, Kansas. It serves nearly 5,000 credit students every semester. History The college was established in the spring of 1928 as Hutchinson Ju ...

, where he helped the Blue Dragons capture the 1994 NJCAA National Championship. After his graduation from Hutchinson, McRoy moved on to

Cleveland State Cleveland State University (CSU) is a Public university, public research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school th ...

to finish his collegiate playing career and earn his bachelor's degree.

Coaching career

A veteran coach at the collegiate level, McRoy has 20 years of experience as an assistant coach and a head coach and has made an impact as both a coach and recruiter. He began his career as an assistant coach at

in 1997 before landing at

Independence Community College Independence Community College is a public community college in Independence, Kansas. It was formerly Independence Community Junior College. History Independence Community College was established in 1925 as grades 13 and 14 of the Independence p ...

as an assistant from 1998 to 2000, Redlands (Okla.) Community College as an assistant from 2001 to 2002, Frank Phillips (Texas) College as head coach from 2002 to 2003,

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a Public university, public historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It i ...

as an assistant from 2003 to 2005 and Northwood (Fla.) University as an assistant from 2005 to 2006. 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''. McRoy spent two seasons as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator from 2006 to 2008 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 addition to Georgia Southern, McRoy also coached and was the recruiting coordinator at NCAA Division I-A

. While at Southern, the

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native helped guide the Jaguars to their best record in six years and their first .500 conference finish in eight seasons. McRoy would spend three more seasons coaching at the Division I level as an assistant at both

Arkansas State Arkansas State University (A-State or ASU) is a public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second-largest university in the state. The university ...

from 2008 to 2010 and

Iowa State Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State be ...

2010-2011 before returning to the junior college ranks at

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in 2011-2012 and Stillman 2012-2013 serving as assistant coach at both institutions. For the next seven years McRoy would play an integral role in multiple Division I programs, University Texas of Rio Grande as an assistant from 2013 to 2014,

Coppin State Coppin State University (Coppin) is a public historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is part of the University System of Maryland and a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History Coppin State Universi ...

as associate head coach (2014–17), and Assistant Coach and recruiting coordinator at

Washington State University Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...

from (2017-2019). While on the staff of

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McRoy was instrumental in the development of Robert Franks who would go on to earn accolades such as Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference. McRoy also had developed Charles Elleby who would go on to earn Pac-12 All Freshman-Team honors. Elwyn McRoy currently serves as Assistant Coach for Coastal Carolina as of September 12, 2019. A June 3, 2013, article in ''

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'' documented the challenges of his career as a basketball assistant coach at the college level. In July 2015, McRoy was appointed to the NABC Assistant Coaches committee representing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)

External links

Coppin State Basketball Coach BioArkansas State Basketball Coach Bio

Iowa State biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:McRoy, Elwyn Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Kansas Basketball players from Kansas Butler Grizzlies men's basketball coaches Butler Grizzlies men's basketball players Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball players Coppin State Eagles men's basketball players Hutchinson Blue Dragons men's basketball coaches Hutchinson Blue Dragons men's basketball players Independence Pirates men's basketball coaches Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball coaches Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Wichita, Kansas