Corey Gipson

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| current_title = Head Coach

| current_team = Austin Peay

| current_conference = ASUN

| current_record = {{winpct|33|35|record=y}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|22}}

| birth_place = Sikeston, Missouri, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 2000–2002

| player_team1 = Three Rivers CC (MO)

| player_years2 = 2002–2004

| player_team2 = Austin Peay

| coach_years1 = 2005–2009

| coach_team1 = Virginia State (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 2009–2012

| coach_team2 = UNC Greensboro (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2012–2015

| coach_team3 = Austin Peay (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2015–2022

| coach_team4 = Missouri State (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2022–2023

| coach_team5 = Northwestern State

| coach_years6 = 2023–present

| coach_team6 = Austin Peay

| overall_record = {{winpct|55|46|record=y}}

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| tournament_record = 0–1 (CIT)

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Corey Gipson (born January 22, 1981) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team.{{cite web|url=https://letsgopeay.com/news/2023/3/12/mens-basketball-alumnus-corey-gipson-named-14th-head-coach-in-austin-peay-mens-basketball-history.aspx|title=Alumnus Corey Gipson named 14th head coach in Austin Peay men's basketball history|website=LetsGoPeay.com}}

Playing career

Gipson played his first two years at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri before transferring to Austin Peay where he was part of two Governors Ohio Valley Conference regular season titles, including the 2003 OVC tournament title for a berth in the NCAA tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://letsgopeay.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/corey-gipson/875|title=Corey Gipson - Men's Basketball}}{{Cite web|url=https://letsgopeay.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/corey-gipson/25|title=Corey Gipson - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Austin Peay State University Athletics}}

Coaching career

After graduating, Gipson started his coaching career as an assistant at Virginia State from 2005 to 2009 before joining the staff at UNC Greensboro where he would coach under both Mike Dement and Wes Miller.{{Cite web|url=https://uncgspartans.com/staff-directory/corey-gipson/156|title=Corey Gipson - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory|website=UNC Greensboro}} Gipson would return to his alma mater as an assistant coach from 2012 to 2015, then become an assistant coach at Missouri State in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/corey-gipson/438|title=Corey Gipson - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Missouri State}}

=Northwestern State=

On March 21, 2022, Gipson was named the 10th coach in Northwestern State's history, replacing the retiring Mike McConathy.{{Cite web|url=https://nsudemons.com/news/2022/3/21/demon-basketball-missouri-states-corey-gipson-named-demon-mens-basketball-coach.aspx|title=Missouri State's Corey Gipson named Demon men's basketball coach|website=Northwestern State University Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/03/21/northwestern-state-basketball-hires-corey-gipson-head-coach/9458467002/|title=Northwestern State makes history with hiring of basketball coach Corey Gipson|first=Jimmy|last=Watson|website=The Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://nsudemons.com/staff-directory/corey-gipson/667|title=Corey Gipson - Head Coach - Staff Directory|website=Northwestern State University Athletics}}