Mississippi Valley State University Men's Basketball

Program's All-Time Career Assists Leader (547) Program's All-Time Career Assists Per Game Leader (4.8) Holds Program Record for Best Three-Point Percentage In A Season (109-211, 51.6%) in 1987 SWAC Hall of Famer George Ivory (born August 7, 1965) was announced as the 12th Head Men's Basketball Coach in program history on March 14, 2022. He previously served as Head Coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, where he led the Golden Lions for 13 seasons. Prior to UAPB, Ivory was an assistant at Mississippi Valley where he graduated from in 1988. Ivory grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, where he attended Murrah High School, before moving onto MVSU. He was a star for the Delta Devils as he was selected as Freshman of the Year, First Team All-SWAC, SWAC Tournament MVP, and Player of the Year during his four-year playing career. A basketball legend in The Delta, he still remains as the program's top scorer, assister, and stealer on top of minutes played. Upon graduating with a bachelor's degree, Ivory tried out for the Chicago Bulls, Harlem Globetrotters, and Illinois Express before being drafted by the Wyoming Wildcatters of the CBA. He later went back to school where he earned his master's degree from Jackson State University in 1996 while working as a graduate assistant with the women's team for three years before becoming the full-time assistant from 1991 to 1998 under head coach Andrew Pennington. While at JSU, he won two SWAC Tournaments, a regular-season championship and made an NCAA appearance. In the fall of '98, Ivory accepted a similar position with Mississippi Valley State University as men's assistant coach under then head coach Lafayette Stribling, where they became a perennial title contender. Ivory crossed into the Natural State to become an assistant coach at Pine Bluff in the fall of 2002 under then head coach Van Holt. Holt and staff led the Golden Lions to the finals of the SWAC Tournament in 2005–06. In 2006–07, Ivory headed to  Grambling State University under then Head Coach Larry Wright before returning to Valley in  2007–08 as an assistant coach under then head coach James Green, where they went on to win the SWAC Tournament Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. On March 27, 2008, Ivory was named the head coach of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Prior to the start of his first season the Golden Lions were picked to finish ninth in the SWAC's preseason poll, but UAPB went on to finish in 4th place during his inaugural campaign while claiming the team's first winning record as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The 2009–10 basketball season brought about unprecedented success for the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff men's basketball team. After starting the year 0-11, the Golden Lions finished the season with a remarkable run all the way to the NCAA tournament. The Golden Lions went 18-5 over the course of their last 23 games as they concluded the season with an 18-16 overall record. UAPB won the 2010 SWAC Basketball Tournament Championship, marking the schools’ first title in over four decades (1967). Arkansas-Pine Bluff followed their undefeated SWAC tourney run with a victory over the Winthrop Eagles in the NCAA Opening Round game, snapping a 17-year conference losing streak in the NCAA tournament. The Golden Lions eventually faced the NCAA National Champion Duke University basketball team in the first round of the tournament. Arkansas-Pine Bluff was the only Division I institution from the state of Arkansas to qualify for the NCAA tournament that year and for his teams outstanding accomplishments on the court, Ivory was named the 2010 HSRN National Coach of the Year, becoming the first coach from Arkansas-Pine Bluff to be awarded such honors. 

Khalid Campbell is in his 4-5th year of coaching and his second year at MVSU after previously coaching as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (2020-2021) and Harding University (2021-2022), and at Mississippi Delta Community College (2022-2023). He played at UAPB under Hall of Fame Coach George Ivory, (2016-2020) where the team put on one of the best seasons in 2018, as they went on to be runner-ups at the SWAC Championship. During his college campaign Campbell was diagnosed with a career limiting syndrome (POTS & NeuroCardioGenic Syncope). He worked his way back to become cleared and finished out his college basketball career, while also starting his coaching/training career.   Campbell has served in many positions including social media coordinator, player development coach, and more. He eventually worked the first ever HBCU All Star game in New Orleans, LA, and also with WNBA president Renee Montgomery’s media company. and continues to be a key contributor to their organization.   Campbell is a native of Greenwood, MS where he played 4 years at Greenwood High School. He is also the son of GHS and MVSU women’s basketball/track star Tracey Campbell. He obtained many accolades, and also a district championship (2015) & was honored as an All Commonwealth player during his senior year (2016).