No stranger to north central West Virginia, Brett Vincent was named as the head coach of the West Virginia Wesleyan women's basketball program on May 17, 2021.
Vincent is coming off a nine-year stint (2012-21) as the head men's basketball coach at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C. He turned around a Chowan program that won just five games the season before he arrived. Since Chowan became a 4-year institution in 1992, Vincent is the Hawks' all-time wins leader and his teams set multiple program records.
The Shinnston, W.Va., native became an assistant men's basketball coach at Fairmont State in 2004 and was named as the interim head coach for the Falcons during the 2011-12 season.
Prior to arriving at Fairmont State, Vincent was the head boys basketball coach at nearby Lewis County High School from 2001-2004, where he took the Minutemen to new heights including postseason wins in each of his three seasons.
After spending 1993-96 as an assistant men's basketball coach at Alderson Broaddus, he was promoted to head coach for the 1996-97 season at just 28 years old. Vincent recorded an impressive 92-49 record over five seasons in charge of the Battlers.
Vincent's first coaching stop was as a men's basketball assistant at Pitt-Johnstown from 1992-93.
In high school, Vincent was the Morgantown Touchdown Club West Virginia Boys Basketball Player of the Year at South Harrison in 1986 after averaging 35.6 points per game to rank first in West Virginia and fourth nationally. That same year, Vincent was the MVP of the West Virginia North South All Star game. He was a 3-time all-state selection as a high school player.
He went on to play two seasons for the Mountaineers at West Virginia before transferring to Robert Morris. Vincent finished his collegiate career at Marshall where his 43.6 percent shooting clip from beyond the arc still stands as the highest all-time career 3-point shooting percentage in program history. Vincent played in three NCAA Tournaments and one National Invitation Tournament over his collegiate career. His father, Don was the co-captain of the 1958 West Virginia men's basketball team that finished as the No. 1 team in the nation in the AP poll and was roommates with Jerry West.
Vincent earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Marshall in 1991 and a master's degree in education from Salem-Teikyo in 2000. He has a son named Cole (14 years old).
