Corey Edwards joined the High Point University Men’s Basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach on April 10, 2023, under head coach Alan Huss. Bringing a strong background of experience in player development, recruiting, and championship level culture building. Edwards plays a pivotal role in coaching the Panthers’ backcourt players while also contributing to game strategy and practice planning.
“I am incredibly excited to add Corey Edwards to our coaching staff,” Huss said. “Corey and I took similar paths to college basketball through the prep school and grassroots levels. His experiences have cultivated deep and meaningful relationships along the East Coast and across the country that will be instrumental in attracting elite student-athletes to HPU. Corey and I worked together at Creighton and I saw firsthand his ability to teach, mentor, and foster a championship mindset. Most importantly, Corey’s values align perfectly with our principles at HPU.”
Since joining High Point, Edwards has been an integral part of the program’s rapid rise, helping the Panthers secure back-to-back outright Big South regular season championships in 2023-24 and 2024-25 for the first time in program history. He also played a pivotal role to help High Point win its first-ever Big South Tournament title and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament in the 2024-25 season.
Before arriving at High Point, Edwards spent the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach at Drake University, where he helped orchestrate a 27-8 overall record, culminating in a second place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference and an NCAA Tournament appearance. While Edwards was at Drake, he played a key role in the development of standout guard Roman Penn who was All-MVC First Team, led the MVC in assists (5.4 Avg) and assist to turnover ratio (2.8). Coach Edwards also helped with the development of freshman point guard Connor Enright who was selected to the all-freshman team in the Missouri Valley Conference. Prior to that, Corey was a graduate assistant at Creighton during the 2021-22 season, under Greg McDermott, helping the Bluejays to the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
Edwards has also made a profound impact at both the high school and grassroots level. He was an assistant at Christ the King Regional High School in New York during the 2017-2018 season, where he continued to build his reputation as a skilled developer of young talent. Before that, he coached at New Heights from 2015-17, working with some of the top up and coming prospects at the grassroots level. He also spent time as an assistant coach at The Patrick School in New Jersey during the 2020-21 season and previously worked at Montverde Academy in 2019-20, contributing to the team’s MaxPreps National Championship.
At Montverde, he played a key role in the development of several future NBA standouts, including Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day’Ron Sharpe, Dariq Whitehead, and Ryan Nembhard. Edwards has also spent several summers developing and training multiple other professional basketball players.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to build with Coach Huss,” Edwards stated. “He is an inspiring example, mentor, and leader of men. We are excited to positively impact young men while upholding a standard of excellence on and off the court at High Point University.”
A native of New York City, Edwards played collegiate basketball at George Mason University from 2011-15, where he started 62 games and served as a two-time team captain. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management before transitioning into coaching.
