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Derek JoinerDEREK JOINER
Assistant Coach

     Derek Joiner enters his fourth season as the second assistant for the Pittsburg State University basketball program.
     Joiner, an Ellinwood, Kan., native, spent the 2003-04 season as a member of the basketball support staff at Oklahoma State University. He helped the Cowboys to the 2004 NCAA Division I Final Four.
     At Oklahoma State, Joiner was responsible for film exchange and the scouting reports. He spent the previous three seasons as a team manager for the Cowboys. He earned a bachelor's degree in arts & sciences from Oklahoma State University in 2003.
     Joiner spent two seasons at Barton County Community College where he was a two-year varsity letterwinner on the tennis team. He was a two-time NJCAA National Academic Scholar Athlete award winner. Joiner earned a associate's degree from Barton County Community College in 2000.
     He completed a master's degree in educational leadership at Pittsburg State in May 2006.
     Derek and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Pittsburg. Stephanie serves as a part-time professor in the English Department at Pittsburg State University.