COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou women's basketball has hired NBA veteran Brandon Joyner as director of athletic performance, head coach Kellie Harper announced Tuesday.

Joyner joins Mizzou after five years with the Dallas Mavericks, where he spent four seasons as a performance coach before being promoted to director of G League health and performance.

Before Dallas, he spent a season as a performance coach with the Sacramento Kings.

His first NBA stint began in 2018, when he spent three seasons as head strength and conditioning coach of the Canton Charge, now Cleveland Charge, the G League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Prior to the professional ranks, Joyner spent a season as associate head strength and conditioning coach/head powerlifting coach at McKendree University.

From 2014-18, he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida State, overseeing the men's and women's golf, track and field, and cross country programs. During his time in Tallahassee, he coached 16 athletes who qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

He also worked as a player development coach intern at Georgia Tech in 2014. Before Atlanta, he held several other positions with organizations and universities, including Samford.

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