Men's Basketball
Joe Scott
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jscott@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-1432
Joe Scott, who sports 16 seasons of head coaching experience at three Division I schools, joined the Georgia staff in April 2018.
Scott, who in 2013 was tabbed one of the nation’s top-20 ”Xs & Os” coaches in a survey of his peers by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, was head coach at Air Force for four seasons, Princeton, his alma mater, for three campaigns and Denver for nine seasons. All told, Scott sports 27 years of collegiate coaching experience.
Scott was head coach at Air Force from 2000-04 and brought the Falcons to unprecedented success. He took over a program that had not produced a winning record in 22 years and four years later led the Falcons to a 22-7 finish, the Mountain West Conference regular-season champion-ship and their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 42 years. That same season, he was named MWC Coach of the Year, the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year and finished fourth in balloting for AP National Coach of the Year.
From 2007-16, Scott was head coach at Denver. He took over a program that ranked 335th (of 336) in the NCAA RPI prior to his arrival and went on to produce a school-record Division I 22 victories in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Scott was a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award as the nation’s top mid-major head coach. In 2013, Denver shared the WAC regular-season title, earned an NIT bid and secured its first postseason win ever.
Scott was the head coach at Princeton from 2004-07. The Tigers finished first nationally in scoring defense in 2006-07 after being second in Scott’s first two seasons.
Before breaking into the head coaching ranks, Scott was an assistant coach at Monmouth and at Princeton. While at Princeton, Scott helped the Tigers to five consecutive postseason appearances, with trips to the 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAAs and the 1999 and 2000 NITs. The Tigers won three Ivy League titles from 1996-98, including perfect 14-0 records in the final two seasons. Princeton upset defending national champion UCLA in the 1996 NCAA Tournament and ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 1998 en route to earning a No. 5 NCAA seed, the highest ever for an Ivy League team.
Scott spent the past two seasons on Bill Carmody’s staff at Holy Cross. Carmody was an assistant coach at Princeton when Scott was a four-year letterwinner from 1983-87. Scott also served as an assistant coach along with Carmody under Pete Carril from 1992-96.
Scott was a three-year starter and two-time All-Ivy selection at point guard at Princeton. As a freshman, Scott helped the Tigers win the Ivy League title and reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He led Princeton in steals as a sophomore, junior and senior and still ranks No. 7 among the Tigers’ career leaders with 144. Scott connected on what was then a school-record 59 3-pointers as a senior. He scored 809 points in 99 career outings – 8.2 ppg.
Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton in 1987 and then secured his law degree from Notre Dame in 1990. He worked for the Morristown, N.J., law firm of Ribis, Graham & Curtin before beginning his coaching career.
A native of Pelican Island, N.J., Scott was a three-sport prep star (basketball, football and baseball) at Toms River East High. He has been inducted into four halls of fame – the Tom Rivers Schools Athletic Hall in 2004, both the NJSIAA and the Toms River Regional Schools Halls in 2005 and the Jersey Shore Sports Hall in 2013.
Scott is married to the former Leah Spraragen, a 1992 Princeton graduate who was a four-year starter at point guard for the Tigers and was an assistant coach at Princeton, Dartmouth and Arizona State. The Scotts have two sons, Ben and Jack.
Scott, who in 2013 was tabbed one of the nation’s top-20 ”Xs & Os” coaches in a survey of his peers by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, was head coach at Air Force for four seasons, Princeton, his alma mater, for three campaigns and Denver for nine seasons. All told, Scott sports 27 years of collegiate coaching experience.
Scott was head coach at Air Force from 2000-04 and brought the Falcons to unprecedented success. He took over a program that had not produced a winning record in 22 years and four years later led the Falcons to a 22-7 finish, the Mountain West Conference regular-season champion-ship and their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 42 years. That same season, he was named MWC Coach of the Year, the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year and finished fourth in balloting for AP National Coach of the Year.
From 2007-16, Scott was head coach at Denver. He took over a program that ranked 335th (of 336) in the NCAA RPI prior to his arrival and went on to produce a school-record Division I 22 victories in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Scott was a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award as the nation’s top mid-major head coach. In 2013, Denver shared the WAC regular-season title, earned an NIT bid and secured its first postseason win ever.
Scott was the head coach at Princeton from 2004-07. The Tigers finished first nationally in scoring defense in 2006-07 after being second in Scott’s first two seasons.
Before breaking into the head coaching ranks, Scott was an assistant coach at Monmouth and at Princeton. While at Princeton, Scott helped the Tigers to five consecutive postseason appearances, with trips to the 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAAs and the 1999 and 2000 NITs. The Tigers won three Ivy League titles from 1996-98, including perfect 14-0 records in the final two seasons. Princeton upset defending national champion UCLA in the 1996 NCAA Tournament and ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 1998 en route to earning a No. 5 NCAA seed, the highest ever for an Ivy League team.
Scott spent the past two seasons on Bill Carmody’s staff at Holy Cross. Carmody was an assistant coach at Princeton when Scott was a four-year letterwinner from 1983-87. Scott also served as an assistant coach along with Carmody under Pete Carril from 1992-96.
Scott was a three-year starter and two-time All-Ivy selection at point guard at Princeton. As a freshman, Scott helped the Tigers win the Ivy League title and reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He led Princeton in steals as a sophomore, junior and senior and still ranks No. 7 among the Tigers’ career leaders with 144. Scott connected on what was then a school-record 59 3-pointers as a senior. He scored 809 points in 99 career outings – 8.2 ppg.
Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton in 1987 and then secured his law degree from Notre Dame in 1990. He worked for the Morristown, N.J., law firm of Ribis, Graham & Curtin before beginning his coaching career.
A native of Pelican Island, N.J., Scott was a three-sport prep star (basketball, football and baseball) at Toms River East High. He has been inducted into four halls of fame – the Tom Rivers Schools Athletic Hall in 2004, both the NJSIAA and the Toms River Regional Schools Halls in 2005 and the Jersey Shore Sports Hall in 2013.
Scott is married to the former Leah Spraragen, a 1992 Princeton graduate who was a four-year starter at point guard for the Tigers and was an assistant coach at Princeton, Dartmouth and Arizona State. The Scotts have two sons, Ben and Jack.
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