Andre Payne is an American college basketball coach who previously served as the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State men's team.[1][2]

Andre Payne
Biographical details
BornAuburn, Alabama
Alma materAlabama A&M
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001Texas College (asst.)
2001–2006Texas College
2006–2014Wiley
2014–2019Mississippi Valley State
2020–2023Denmark Technical
Head coaching record
Overall270–315 (.462)

Coaching career

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Payne got his coaching start at Texas College as an assistant until 2001, when he was elevated to the head coaching position. He stayed in that role until 2006 when he accepted the head coaching and athletics director position at Wiley College, where he led the team to two Red River Athletic Conference tournament titles.

On July 11, 2014 Payne accepted the head coaching position at Mississippi Valley State.[3]

On March 25, 2019, Payne was fired after just winning 31 games overall in 5 seasons at MVSU.[4]

Head coaching record

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NAIA

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas College (RRAC) (2001–2006)
2001–02 Texas College ???
2002–03[5] Texas College 19–1313–74th
2003–04[6] Texas College 13–1912–105th
2004–05 Texas College 17–1414–84th
2005–06 Texas College 13–1411–95th
Texas College: 62–60 (.508)50–34 (.595)
Wiley (RRAC) (2006–2014)
2006–07 Wiley 21–1013–53rdNAIA Tournament First Round
2007–08 Wiley 22–1010–63rd
2008–09 Wiley 11–206–128th
2009–10 Wiley 16–1610–107th
2010–11 Wiley 17–1413–95th
2011–12 Wiley 19–1115–96th
2012–13 Wiley 15–169–137th
2013–14 Wiley 25–713–54thNAIA Tournament First Round
Wiley: 146–104 (.584)89–69 (.563)
Total:239–183 (.566)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA DI

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mississippi Valley State (SWAC) (2014–2019)
2014–15 Mississippi Valley State 6–265–138th
2015–16 Mississippi Valley State 8–276–127th
2016–17 Mississippi Valley State 7–257–117th
2017–18 Mississippi Valley State 4–284–149th
2018–19 Mississippi Valley State 6–264–14T–9th
Mississippi Valley St.: 31–132 (.190)26–64 (.289)
Total:31–132 (.190)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. "Andre Payne Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  2. "MVSU Athletics – 2016–2017 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff".
  3. "Payne introduced as MVSU men's basketball coach".
  4. "Mississippi Valley St. fires Payne after 5 seasons". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  5. "RRAC Men's Basketball". March 12, 2003. Archived from the original on March 12, 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Red River Athletic Conference – Basketball Standings (Men)". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.