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After a pair of successful seasons at Charlotte, Stephanie McCormick is in her first season as a member of the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff. She was the first new hire for head coach MaChelle Joseph and with the Yellow Jackets, McCormick will serve as recruiting coordinator and work with the development of Tech’s post players.
During the last two years, she served as an assistant coach with the 49ers, working with the team’s post players and assisting with both recruiting and scouting. In 2003, she helped lead the team to the Conference USA regular season title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to joining the staff at Charlotte, McCormick was the associate head coach at UNC Wilmington form 1999-2001, after being an assistant coach with the program in 1998. During the 2000 campaign, she helped lead the Seahawks to an 18-12 record, the most wins for the program since 1988.
McCormick began her coaching career in 1995 at Western Carolina, spending three seasons with the Catamounts. As Western’s top recruiter, she signed a pair of All-Southern Conference post players in Karen Mason and LaSha Jackson, both of whom earned second-team honors in 1997.
A native of High Point, N.C., McCormick starred for four years at Catawba College, where she was the first player in school history to finish their career with over 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She finished her four years averaging 10.7 points and 10.6 rebounds and still holds the school record for career (1,244) and single-season (374) rebounding totals. McCormick earned All-South Atlantic Conference and All-District honors as a junior in 1993. She graduated in 1994 from Catawba with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration.
