Joel Weiss joined the Broncs as an assistant coach starting with the 2009-10 season.
Weiss spent his previous two seasons at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. In Weiss’ second season with the Colonels, he helped guide the team to a 20-11 record, including a second place finish in the Southland Conference. The 2008-09 season marked the second 20-win campaign since Nicholls State moved up to NCAA Division I in 1980-81.
Prior to accepting the position at Nicholls State, Weiss served as an assistant with UTPA head coach Ryan Marks at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, where he helped guide the Hilltoppers to a 24-6 overall record in 2006-07. The Hilltoppers finished that season with a 10-2 conference record, a Heartland Conference Championship, and a berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament.
While in Austin, Weiss was also the Director of Operations for Hoop Zone and coached the 17 & Under Hoop Zone AAU team for two years. Additionally, he served as an assistant to the communications director for the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, the affiliate of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. In that role, he prepared game notes for NBA scouts, compiled statistics for player evaluations and wrote game stories.
Before moving to Texas, the California native worked with two California high schools, serving as the head coach of Claremont High School’s fall program in 2004 and as an assistant at Newbury Park High School in 2002-03. In 2000-01, Weiss was an assistant coach at Glendale College in Glendale, California, and helped steer the Vaqueros to the Elite 8 in the State Tournament; the highest tournament finish in school history.
A two-sport athlete, Weiss played one season of football at Lehigh University before transferring to Claremont McKenna College where he was a three-year member of the basketball team and two-year member of the football team. Weiss graduated with a degree in Economics and Government. Weiss also earned a Master of Arts in Education from Nicholls State. In 2010, Weiss earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Texas-Pan American.
Weiss resides in Edinburg.
