# Joanna Bernabei-McNamee

Joanna Lynn Bernabei-McNamee (born 1975) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at Boston College.

## Early life and education

Born Joanna Lynn Bernabei in Weirton, West Virginia, Bernabei-McNamee graduated from Weirton Madonna High School in 1993. She helped Weirton Madonna win a girls' basketball state championship and also lettered in tennis and track at the school.
After high school, she enrolled at West Liberty State College. A point guard, Bernabei-McNamee was a four-year all-WVIAC honoree and reached both 1,000 points and 1,000 assists plus over 500 rebounds in her collegiate career. In 1997, she graduated from West Liberty State with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology.

### West Liberty State College statistics

Source
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1993–94 | West Liberty State | 27 | 307 | 40.4% | 24.0% | 73.5% | 4.8 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 11.4 |
| 1994–95 | West Liberty State | 30 | 346 | 39.2% | 31.7% | 77.1% | 4.3 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| 1995–96 | West Liberty State | 30 | 313 | 38.8% | 38.4% | 64.5% | 3.6 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 10.4 |
| 1996–97 | West Liberty State | 29 | 351 | 42.3% | 40.5% | 74.7% | 4.5 | 10.2 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 12.1 |
| Career | | 116 | 1317 | 40.1% | 34.7% | 73.0% | 4.3 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 11.4 |

## Coaching career

Bernabei-McNamee began her coaching career at Eastern Kentucky in 1997 under Larry Joe Inman. She also completed a master's degree in sports administration at Eastern Kentucky in 1998.
In 1998, Bernabei-McNamee became head women's basketball coach and senior women's athletics administrator at Division II West Virginia Wesleyan College. At the time, she was the youngest college head coach in the U.S. Under Bernabei-McNamee, West Virginia Wesleyan went 18–10 (15–6 WVIAC). Bernabei-McNamee then spent the next two years back on Inman's staff at Eastern Kentucky.
Bernabei-McNamee joined Mike Carey's staff as assistant coach at West Virginia in 2001. Two years later, she became an assistant at Maryland under Brenda Frese and was part of the Maryland team that won the 2006 NCAA tournament. For the 2008–09 season, Bernabei-McNamee rejoined Carey at West Virginia as assistant coach.
In 2013, Bernabei-McNamee became head coach at the University of Pikeville, an NAIA school. In three seasons, she went 63–26 at Pikeville, including a 26–9 record and Final Four appearance in 2015–16.
On April 15, 2016, Albany hired Bernabei-McNamee to be women's basketball head coach.

## Personal life

In 2004, Joanna Bernabei married Joseph McNamee. They have two children. From 2007 to 2008 and 2009 to 2013, she was a stay-at-home parent.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1998–1999) ||||||
| 1998–99 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 18–10 | 15–6 | 3rd | |
| West Virginia Wesleyan: | West Virginia Wesleyan: | 18–10 (.643) | 15–6 (.714) | | |
| Pikeville Bears (Mid-South Conference) (2013–2016) ||||||
| 2013–14 | Pikeville | 14–18 | 7–11 | T–6th | |
| 2014–15 | Pikeville | 23–8 | 8–6 | T–3rd | |
| 2015–16 | Pikeville | 26–9 | 7–7 | 5th | NAIA D-I Final Four |
| Pikeville: | Pikeville: | 63–35 (.643) | 22–24 (.478) | | |
| Albany Great Danes (America East) (2016–2018) ||||||
| 2016–17 | Albany | 21–12 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA first round |
| 2017–18 | Albany | 24–8 | 12–4 | 2nd | WNIT First Round |
| Albany: | Albany: | 45–20 (.692) | 24–8 (.750) | | |
| Boston College Eagles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–present) ||||||
| 2018–19 | Boston College | 14–16 | 3–13 | 13th | |
| 2019–20 | Boston College | 20–12 | 11–7 | T–4th | |
| 2020–21 | Boston College | 7–12 | 2–11 | 13th | |
| 2021–22 | Boston College | 21–12 | 10–8 | T–7th | WNIT Third Round |
| 2022–23 | Boston College | 16–17 | 5–13 | T–11th | |
| 2023–24 | Boston College | 14–19 | 5–13 | T–12th | |
| 2024–25 | Boston College | 16–17 | 6–12 | T–12th | WBIT |
| Boston College: | Boston College: | 108–105 (.507) | 42–77 (.353) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 234–170 (.579) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||