UNC Asheville men’s basketball head coach Mike Morrell recently announced the addition of Mike Moynihan as an assistant coach.
Moynihan joins the UNC Asheville men’s basketball coaching staff from Mississippi State.
“We are very excited to have Mike joining us,” Morrell said. “He comes from a great background and he is an extremely hard worker. Over the years, he has served in many roles, which makes him very valuable to our staff here at Asheville. Mike is going to have a tremendous impact on our program moving forward.”
Moynihan is excited to be joining the Bulldog family.
“I’m so thankful to be given this opportunity by Coach Morrell,” Moynihan said. “It’s an honor becoming a member of the UNC Asheville family, and I look forward to continuing the winning tradition of our basketball program. Coach Morrell’s vision for the future is thrilling and I’m just blessed to be a part of it.”
Moynihan spent the last three years at Mississippi State. He spent his first year as the Video Coordinator for Mississippi State before serving the last two years as Ben Howland’s Director of Operations. He was named one of just 25 people to the Top Staffers list in Division I college basketball by CoachStat.net.
Prior to joining Mississippi State, Moynihan served as the Director of Operations under head coach Paul Hewitt at George Mason.
Before joining George Mason, Moynihan worked as the Video Coordinator at Troy under Phil Cunningham.
Moynihan joined the Troy staff after serving as assistant coach at Young Harris College where he helped lead the NCAA Division II Mountain Lions to a 17-9 record in the 2012-13 season and a second-place finish in the league’s Western Division. The year before, Moynihan served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in North Georgia. He also spent one year as an assistant coach at Buford High School in Buford, Ga.
The Roswell, Ga. native was an All-Peach Belt selection at North Georgia in the 2009-10 season.
The grandson of basketball legend Charles “Lefty” Driesell, Moynihan joined North Georgia after spending the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Georgia State where he worked his way into the starting lineup as a sophomore.
Moynihan received his bachelor’s degree in Management from North Georgia in 2010.
