Joey Stiebing

Stiebing started his career as a student assistant for the LSU Tigers. Next he would serve as an assistant coach for Archbishop Shaw High School, where he was promoted to head coach in 1990. Then he would get a job at the University of New Orleans as an assistant coach for the Privateers, a position he held for seven years.^[1] On April 8, 1997, he was promoted to be the next head coach for New Orleans.^[2][3] He served as their head coach for four years, compiling a 57–58 record and winning the Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2001.^[4][5] However, on March 12, 2001, Stiebing was fired by New Orleans.^[6][7] His next stop would be the Qatar men's national team, where he would coach for four years.^[8] Next he would become an assistant coach for Loyola University New Orleans. Then the head coach for the Sichuan Blue Whales in China, leading them to a Chinese National Basketball League (NBL) title in 2013 and promotion to the first-tier Chinese Basketball Association.^[1] Then he would be hired as a special assistant for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions.^[9]

Stiebing earned his BS in distributive education at Louisiana State University in 1985 before earning his MEd degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of New Orleans in 1996.^[1]