After 21 seasons on the job in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Joye Lee-McNelis is stepping away from the Southern Miss sidelines. The Golden Eagles announced Tuesday afternoon that McNelis, 62, is retiring after four decades in coaching.
McNelis – who also played at Southern Miss, finishing her stint on the court as the program’s second all-time leading scorer – began her career as an assistant coach at Texas State, then returned to the Golden Eagles as an assistant and helped them make three NCAA Tournament appearances. In 1991, she took the reins at Memphis at just the age of 28 and led the Tigers to four March Madness bids.
In 2004,
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