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Joyce Joins CSU Men's Basketball Staff
Northeastern JC coach joins Rams.
May 8, 2006 Fort Collins, Colo. - Colorado State head men's basketball coach Dale Layer has announced that Brian Joyce will join the Colorado State program as an assistant coach. Joyce has been the head coach at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo., for the past four seasons and has coached current Rams Michael Harrison and Tyler Smith while they were with the Plainsmen. During the past seven seasons at NJC, as both an assistant and head coach with the Plainsmen, Joyce averaged 24 wins per year while winning at a 70 percent rate. In 2005, he was named District IX Coach of the Year after leading NJC to a 28-win season while following with a school record 30 wins in 2006. In addition to becoming Region IX and District IX Champions in 2005, Joyce helped NJC to the 2000 Region IX and District IX championship which was the school's first appearance in the national tournament since the 1983-84 season. With 13 All Region IX Selections, the Plainsmen lead the region in having the most players named to the All Region Team during Joyce's tenure. Also, 14 players have been selected to the Region IX All Tournament team over the past six seasons. Three players have been named All-American and one player was selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Tournament Team. In addition to the on the court accomplishments over the past six seasons, NJC has had four players named Academic All-American and nine players named to the Academic All Region IX team. Joyce played at Northeastern Junior College from 1991-1993 and has enjoyed success as a player and a coach at the NJCAA, NAIA, NCAA Div. II, and NCAA Div. I levels. He was an All-Region IX player on a team that won 43 games during his two years as point guard at NJC. As a player, he was a point guard for a state championship team in high school, a sub-region championship team at Northeastern JC, and a Big Sky championship team at Idaho State University. He finished his playing career at Oklahoma Christian University and was an All-Conference selection as a senior. His success continued as a coach. Joyce was an assistant coach at the University of Central Oklahoma. UCO won the Lone Star Conference championship, qualified for the national tournament, and finished the season ranked fourth in the country with 24-5 overall record during his tenure. From UCO, Joyce went on to be the assistant men's basketball coach/sports information director at Colby Community College, which competes in the nationally renowned Jayhawk Conference. At the time, he helped lead Colby to the best Conference record in school history. In addition, he had four of his recruits go on to play Division I basketball. "Brian brings a wealth of experience as a head coach and as a recruiter", commented Layer on Joyce. "He has strong ties to this region. We are very excited about what he will bring to our program." Joyce received an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration from NJC, Bachelor of Science in psychology from Oklahoma Christian University, and a Masters of Arts in criminal justice from the University of Central Oklahoma. Joyce replaces Owen Miller who accepted an assistant coach position at the University of Mississippi.
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