SUNY Stony Brook University Women's Basketball

Head coach Joy McCorvey announced the hiring of Anjalé Barrett as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on May 15, 2024.  Barrett made an immediate impact in her first year with the program, as Stony Brook posted a 12-18 overall record and 7-11 mark in league play. She developed the performance of each Seawolves' guard, guiding Zaida Gonzalez and Breauna Ware to All-Conference honors.  Barrett came to the Island from Monmouth University where she served as an assistant coach since May of 2021. The former Hawk helped lead her squad to new heights in her first season down the shore. She helped guide Monmouth to a 12-win improvement, the largest turnaround in program history from one year to the next. It also marked the most wins for Monmouth since the 2018-19 season. In the 2022-23 season, she helped lead the Hawks to a 18-6 (9-9) record to earn the No. 7 seed in the CAA Tournament. The Hawks won four consecutive games in the tournament over No. 10 College of Charleston, No. 2 Drexel, No. 3 Northeastern, and No. 1 Towson to secure the first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship in program history. With the championship victory, the Hawks punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1983 where they battled Tennessee Tech in the First Four.  This past season, the Hawks again increased their win total, finishing 22-10 (14-4 CAA) to earn themselves the No. 2 seed in the CAA Tournament. The squad also earned a ticket to the WNIT Tournament. With Barrett's guidance this past season, Jania Hall earned the CAA Sixth Player of the Year award, while Kaci Donovan and Ariana Vanderhoop were named All-CAA Third Team. She also helped propel Stella Clark into earning Second Team All-MAAC accolades during her first season with Monmouth. Prior to Monmouth, Barrett spent the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Coppin State University. The native of New York returned to her roots in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 season as she made stops at LIU Brooklyn and Columbia University. After helping LIU to the Northeast Conference Tournament in her only season, she helped the Lions to a nine-win improvement and a trip to the Ivy League Tournament. Columbia's 17 overall wins and eight conference victories were its most in a decade and marked just the second time since becoming a Division I program that the Lions posted a winning season. The Lions assistant coach was instrumental in the guidance and development of WNBA selection and All-American forward Abbey Hsu and First Team All-Ivy League recipient Sienna Durr. Following her first collegiate coaching experience at the College of New Rochelle, Barrett returned to her alma mater in 2016 as the Director of Recruiting Operations and Player Personnel at Maryland University. She was a part of Terrapins' teams that made back-to-back NCAA Tournament trips and won the 2017 Big Ten Championship. The former Terp ended her career with 796 career points and 486 career assists, sixth-most on Maryland's all-time list in assists at the conclusion of her career. Barrett helped lead the Terrapins to the NCAA Tournament all four years, including three appearances in the Elite Eight, as well as the 2009 and 2012 ACC title. She earned her bachelor's degree in American Studies in 2012. After her playing career with Maryland, Barrett was selected 26th overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2012 WNBA Draft and played professionally in France for two seasons with Caen France. In high school, the New York native was ranked the No. 3 among point guards in the class of 2007 and 11th overall by the All-Star Girls Report. She also earned All-American honors and New York State Sportswriters Association (NYSSWA) All-State recognition during her time at St. Michael Academy.

Stony Brook women’s basketball head coach Joy McCorvey announced the addition of Willie Rosales to the program as a graduate assistant on her staff. Rosales comes to the Island from St. John’s University where he served as the Head Team Manager since October 2020. He assisted the coaching staff with day-to-day office work including film breakdown, equipment operations, and hospitality management. He also helped as a practice player with individual workouts, training sessions, and high intensity practices, while managing the game clock and documenting player statistics. He was responsible for game day set up for both home and away games, as well as intercepting opposing play calls throughout each contest. During the off-season, he assisted in the execution of the Red Storm camps.   In the summer of 2023, Rosales assisted with the Joe Tartamella Basketball Camp, mentoring and coaching the young athletes in attendance. He was responsible for set up and cleanup of the facilities, and planning and executing the day-to-day for all campers ages 6-14.   Recently, Rosales worked as an Instructor and the Camp Commissioner for the Nike All-Skills Basketball Camp hosted at Stony Brook. He was responsible for the teaching of fundamentals and some advanced skills, while keeping the campers engaged in a fun, yet safe and comforting environment.   Rosales graduated in May of 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance from St. John’s.  

Head coach Joy McCorvey announced the addition of Kiah Gillespie, former Marist women's basketball assistant coach and a 2020 WNBA draft selection, as an assistant coach on her staff on May 9, 2024.  In her first season with the Seawolves, Stony Brook posted a 12-18 overall record (7-11 CAA), earning the No. 12 seed in the CAA Championship. Gillespie was a key factor in the development of the forwards on the Stony Brook squad, accounting for 29.8 percent of scoring output and 58.8 percent on combined rebounds.  Gillespie came to Long Island following two seasons at Marist, where she helped the Red Foxes to 18 wins and back-to-back MAAC Tournament appearances in her first seasons as a collegiate coach. Gillespie specialized in collaborating exclusively with post players, helping forward Zaria Shazer earn back-to-back All-MAAC honors.  Prior to Marist, the Connecticut native began her coaching journey with the Sports Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford as the Head JV Coach and Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach. A standout collegiate player, the forward began her career at Maryland and played for the Terrapins from 2015-17. She appeared in 66 games and averaged 4.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. In her two seasons with Maryland, the Terps posted a 63-7 overall record, capturing two Big Ten titles and back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament. Following her time in College Park, Gillespie joined Florida State in 2017. After redshirting her first season and only playing with the team for their 2017 Foreign Tour in Spain and Italy, the forward made her presence felt in her first full season of action during the 2018 slate. She became the first Seminole ever to lead her team in points per game (16.2), rebounds per game (9.3) and three-point field goals made (53). She also registered top-10 single season marks for points (7th – 533), field goals made (9th – 212), rebounds (3rd – 307) and double-doubles (2nd – 13) with the Seminoles. She was top-10 in the ACC in scoring (10th), rebounding (4th), defensive rebounds (3rd), double-doubles (T-4th), 20-point games (T6th) and 10-rebound games (4th). Gillespie came back the next season and continued to dominate during her final year. At the end of the season, the forward ranked top-10 in ACC play in scoring (15.6), rebounding (7.7), field goal percentage (44.2) and defensive rebounds (5.7). She recorded nine 20-point games, 15 double-digit rebound games and 12 double-doubles. In eight contests against nationally ranked opponents she averaged 21.0 points, at a 52.6 percent clip overall and 41.9 percent from downtown, with 10.3 rebounds per game. During her career with the Seminoles, Gillespie earned numerous achievements and accolades. The forward was twice named All-ACC First Team (third Seminole to receive multiple All-ACC First Team selections in her career, joining Natasha Howard and Shakayla Thomas), a three-time ACC Player of the Week, ACC All-Tournament Team honoree, a two-time All-American, a 2020 ESPNW Top 20 Player Overall, a 2020 Katrina McClain Award Top 5 Finalist and was named to the 2019-20 Naismith Trophy Watch List. Off the court, Gillespie earned her Bachelor of Science in Social Science from Florida State. After her stints at Florida State and Maryland, Gillespie was drafted 32nd overall to the Chicago Sky in the 2020 WNBA Draft. She continued her playing career overseas in Toulouse, France. A graduate of Capital Prep Magnet, the forward dominated in high school and finished as the No. 14 overall player by Prospect Nation as well as the No. 2 player at her position. She was named a 2015 McDonald's All-American, earned Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year twice, and totaled 2,208 career points.  

Stony Brook women’s basketball head coach Joy McCorvey announced the addition of Evan Turkish to the coaching staff in July 2025. Turkish comes to Long Island after coaching stints at Nicholls State, James Madison and most recently, Appalachian State. An assistant on the 2023-24 Appalachian State women’s basketball coaching staff, Turkish helped the Mountaineers to 17 wins, a six win improvement from the previous season along with a victory in the Second Round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. During his time in North Carolina, he led the Mountaineers' offense and guided the team to the most points per game in the past 15 seasons, while setting the school record for most three-pointers made in a season. Turkish worked with senior guard Faith Alston to improve her scoring output from 10.5 to 18.3 points per game. He also made direct contributions to the 91 points Appalachian State scored against undefeated and ranked Marquette during their non-conference slate.  Before joining App State, Turkish served as the director of recruiting and player development for the 2022-23 season at James Madison. He helped the Dukes to 26 wins (12-win improvement), their first Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. He mentored Kiki Jefferson, who improved from Second Team All-Conference to Sun Belt Player of the Year. Turkish broke into the collegiate coaching ranks in 2021-22, serving as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at Nicholls State. With the Colonels, Turkish worked with Chelsea Cain and Chyna Allen, who both ranked within the top-five in the Southland Conference in points per game. In his role as recruiting coordinator, he played an integral role in bringing in the top-rated transfer in school history. Prior to his time in Louisiana, Turkish worked as an analyst at Entergy, a Fortune 500 integrated energy company in New Orleans. Before entering the corporate world, he was the founder and owner of Sports Trainer Index, a platform to analyze collegiate athletic programs' recruiting needs and matched high school student-athletes with college coaches. Turkish, the New Orleans native, played professional basketball for the Freedom Professional League in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned a bachelor of arts in management in 2013 while playing baseball at Loyola of New Orleans and later, semi-professionally. He earned a master of science in analytics at American University in 2018 as well. He was also a member of the College of Charleston men’s basketball program for one season. Turkish and his wife Meghan, have a son Hayden.