Maurice Joseph (born August 26, 1985) is a former

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basketball player and

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, currently an assistant coach at

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. He is the former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team.

Playing career

After a standout prep career at Champlain-St. Lambert in his native

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, Joseph committed to play basketball at

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. Joseph appeared in 52 games and was a part of two NCAA Tournament squads for the Spartans over a two-year period, averaging 3.8 points per game before transferring to

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, closer to his Montreal home. In two seasons with the Catamounts, Joseph was the team's second-leading scorer with 13.9 points per game, helping Vermont to its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010. Upon graduation, Joseph played professional basketball in

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with

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, while also representing the home nation of his parents,

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, playing on its national basketball team in 2010.

Coaching career

George Washington

In 2011, Joseph joined his former coach at Vermont,

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, on his staff at George Washington, rising from director of basketball operations to assistant coach. In 2017, Joseph was elevated to the interim head coaching position after Lonergan was fired by the school amid reports of verbal player abuse and misconduct. Joseph was confirmed to the head coach position on March 27, 2017, with a 5-year deal with the university. Joseph was one of four Canadian-born NCAA Division I men's basketball head coaches all-time, joining

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, and Paul Weir. On March 15, 2019 Joseph was fired from George Washington, amassing a 44–57 overall record. During Joseph's time he coached future NBA players

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, Tyler Cavanaugh and Yuta Watanabe.

Fairleigh Dickinson

On August 7, 2019 Joseph was named an assistant coach at

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George Mason

Joseph was hired to be on Dave Paulsen's staff at

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in June, 2020.

Richmond

In May 2021, Chris Mooney added Joseph to his coaching staff at

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Butler

In May 2022,

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added Joseph to his coaching staff at

Personal

Joseph's brother is former

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player

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, a second round selection by the

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in the

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. He is also the second cousin of

Cory Joseph Cory Ephram Joseph (born August 20, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the point guard position and was previously the captain of the Ca ...

, currently of the

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, as well as

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, a former first-team All-

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selection at

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Head coaching record

References

External links

George Washington profile

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