St. John's University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Youncofski, Greg
Greg Youncofski
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- youncofg@stjohns.edu
Greg Youncofski joined the St. John’s men’s basketball staff as the team’s Director of Basketball Operations in June 2024. Youncofski joined Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino’s staff with over a decade of Division I experience that includes stops at Loyola Marymount, UCLA, Cincinnati and Kansas.
Youncofski arrived in Queens after spending the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount under Head Coach Stan Johnson. During his tenure in Los Angeles, Youncofski helped lead the Lions to a pair of winning campaigns, including a 19-win season in 2022-23 that marked the third-most victories for the program in more than three decades. Youncofski also helped mentor 2022-23 All-WCC First Team selection and Lou Henson Award National Player of the Year finalist Cam Shelton, who averaged 21.2 points per game that season.
In 2022-23, Youncofski helped the Lions earn the highest ranked win, 68-67, in program history on Jan. 19, 2023, by defeating sixth-ranked Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash. The win ended the Bulldogs’ 75-game home win streak, 93 straight triumphs over unranked teams and 25 consecutive victories against LMU. Nearly a month later, LMU took down 15th-ranked Saint Mary’s, 78-74, in overtime to become the first Lions team in over a decade to knock off a pair of top-15 teams in the same season.
During his second season at Loyola Marymount, the Lions finished in the top three of the West Coast Conference (WCC) standings for the first time since 2005-06. It was also the first time Loyola Marymount posted a winning record in the WCC since 2011-12.
Youncofski joined UCLA as the men’s basketball program’s Director of Recruiting/Player Personnel in May of 2019 after having spent the previous six seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Cincinnati, working for head coach Mick Cronin. Youncofski’s day-to-day responsibilities included managing recruiting databases and schedules, assisting with film breakdown, and serving as a liaison for the coaching staff between athletic administration and other department officials.
Youncofski helped UCLA’s program record a strong mid-season turnaround in 2019-20. The Bruins went 19-12 and won 11 of their final 15 games. UCLA finished second in the Pac-12 standings with a 12-6 mark and secured the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. UCLA won each of its final three games against teams that were ranked in the weekly top-25 poll – against No. 20 Colorado, at No. 23 Arizona and at No. 18 Colorado. Cronin became the Bruins’ first head coach to win Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors since 2006 (Ben Howland).
Through his six seasons at Cincinnati, the Bearcats registered a record of 161-47 (.774). Cincinnati advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of those six seasons, notching two AAC regular-season titles and a pair of AAC Tournament crowns.
Youncofski served as an assistant coach with Cincinnati in 2018-19. That season, the Bearcats compiled a 28-7 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Cincinnati finished second in the American Athletic Conference’s regular-season standings (AAC) and won the AAC Tournament with a 69-57 win over Houston in the title game.
During his previous five seasons with Cincinnati, Youncofski assisted the coaching staff in a variety of areas. He served as the video, analytics and recruiting coordinator. He oversaw team video operations, analytics and advanced scouting of Cincinnati’s upcoming opponents. In addition, he helped the coaches in their coordination of recruiting databases and schedules.
Youncofski was named to the 2023 Silver Wave Media’s 75 Rising Stars: Impactful Men’s Mid-Major Assistants list. Additionally, he was selected to participate in the 2023 Collegiate Coaching Consortium, which is hosted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and AthleticDirectorsU. Youncofski also received recognition as one of Under Armour’s “30-under-30” honorees in 2017-18 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He serves on the Board of Directors for Rising Coaches Elite, an organization dedicated to facilitate learning, growth and networking within the coaching realm.
Youncofski earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in May 2013. He worked for three years as a student manager with the Kansas men’s basketball program. As an undergraduate, Youncofski was a member of three straight Big 12 Championship teams under head coach Bill Self, including the 2012 squad that finished as the NCAA Tournament’s runner-up.
Among his duties at Kansas, Youncofski supported the basketball program’s Director of Operations, managed all team practices and games and assisted the coaching staff with scouting reports and basketball drills. He created video playbooks with the team’s video coordinator and organized several Kansas basketball clinics.
Youncofski grew up in Middletown, N.J., and was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Middletown High School North from 2007-09. He married his wife Kelsey in 2021.
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2024-Present – St. John’s as Director of Basketball Operations
2020-24 – LMU as an Assistant Coach
2019-20 – UCLA as the Director of Recruiting/Player Personnel
2018-19 – Cincinnati as an Assistant Coach
2017-18 – Cincinnati as the Video, Analytics, and Recruiting Coordinator
2016-17 – Cincinnati as the Video Coordinator
2013-16 – Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2010-13 – Kansas as Student-Manager
NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTHS (9):
2019 – NCAA First Round at Cincinnati as an Assistant Coach
2018 – NCAA Second Round at Cincinnati as the Video, Analytics, and Recruiting Coordinator
2017 – NCAA Second Round at Cincinnati as the Video Coordinator
2016 – NCAA First Round at Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2015 – NCAA Second Round at Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2014 – NCAA First Round at Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2013 – NCAA Sweet 16 at Kansas as Student-Manager
2012 – NCAA National Runner-Up at Kansas as Student-Manager
2011 – NCAA Elite Eight at Kansas as Student-Manager
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS (8):
2019 – AAC Tournament Champions with Cincinnati as an Assistant Coach
2018 – AAC Regular-Season and Tournament Champions with Cincinnati as the Video, Analytics, and Recruiting Coordinator
2014 – Big XII Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2013 – Big XII Regular Season Champions
2011 – Big XII Regular Season and Tournament Champions
Youncofski arrived in Queens after spending the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount under Head Coach Stan Johnson. During his tenure in Los Angeles, Youncofski helped lead the Lions to a pair of winning campaigns, including a 19-win season in 2022-23 that marked the third-most victories for the program in more than three decades. Youncofski also helped mentor 2022-23 All-WCC First Team selection and Lou Henson Award National Player of the Year finalist Cam Shelton, who averaged 21.2 points per game that season.
In 2022-23, Youncofski helped the Lions earn the highest ranked win, 68-67, in program history on Jan. 19, 2023, by defeating sixth-ranked Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash. The win ended the Bulldogs’ 75-game home win streak, 93 straight triumphs over unranked teams and 25 consecutive victories against LMU. Nearly a month later, LMU took down 15th-ranked Saint Mary’s, 78-74, in overtime to become the first Lions team in over a decade to knock off a pair of top-15 teams in the same season.
During his second season at Loyola Marymount, the Lions finished in the top three of the West Coast Conference (WCC) standings for the first time since 2005-06. It was also the first time Loyola Marymount posted a winning record in the WCC since 2011-12.
Youncofski joined UCLA as the men’s basketball program’s Director of Recruiting/Player Personnel in May of 2019 after having spent the previous six seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Cincinnati, working for head coach Mick Cronin. Youncofski’s day-to-day responsibilities included managing recruiting databases and schedules, assisting with film breakdown, and serving as a liaison for the coaching staff between athletic administration and other department officials.
Youncofski helped UCLA’s program record a strong mid-season turnaround in 2019-20. The Bruins went 19-12 and won 11 of their final 15 games. UCLA finished second in the Pac-12 standings with a 12-6 mark and secured the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. UCLA won each of its final three games against teams that were ranked in the weekly top-25 poll – against No. 20 Colorado, at No. 23 Arizona and at No. 18 Colorado. Cronin became the Bruins’ first head coach to win Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors since 2006 (Ben Howland).
Through his six seasons at Cincinnati, the Bearcats registered a record of 161-47 (.774). Cincinnati advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of those six seasons, notching two AAC regular-season titles and a pair of AAC Tournament crowns.
Youncofski served as an assistant coach with Cincinnati in 2018-19. That season, the Bearcats compiled a 28-7 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Cincinnati finished second in the American Athletic Conference’s regular-season standings (AAC) and won the AAC Tournament with a 69-57 win over Houston in the title game.
During his previous five seasons with Cincinnati, Youncofski assisted the coaching staff in a variety of areas. He served as the video, analytics and recruiting coordinator. He oversaw team video operations, analytics and advanced scouting of Cincinnati’s upcoming opponents. In addition, he helped the coaches in their coordination of recruiting databases and schedules.
Youncofski was named to the 2023 Silver Wave Media’s 75 Rising Stars: Impactful Men’s Mid-Major Assistants list. Additionally, he was selected to participate in the 2023 Collegiate Coaching Consortium, which is hosted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and AthleticDirectorsU. Youncofski also received recognition as one of Under Armour’s “30-under-30” honorees in 2017-18 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He serves on the Board of Directors for Rising Coaches Elite, an organization dedicated to facilitate learning, growth and networking within the coaching realm.
Youncofski earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in May 2013. He worked for three years as a student manager with the Kansas men’s basketball program. As an undergraduate, Youncofski was a member of three straight Big 12 Championship teams under head coach Bill Self, including the 2012 squad that finished as the NCAA Tournament’s runner-up.
Among his duties at Kansas, Youncofski supported the basketball program’s Director of Operations, managed all team practices and games and assisted the coaching staff with scouting reports and basketball drills. He created video playbooks with the team’s video coordinator and organized several Kansas basketball clinics.
Youncofski grew up in Middletown, N.J., and was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Middletown High School North from 2007-09. He married his wife Kelsey in 2021.
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2024-Present – St. John’s as Director of Basketball Operations
2020-24 – LMU as an Assistant Coach
2019-20 – UCLA as the Director of Recruiting/Player Personnel
2018-19 – Cincinnati as an Assistant Coach
2017-18 – Cincinnati as the Video, Analytics, and Recruiting Coordinator
2016-17 – Cincinnati as the Video Coordinator
2013-16 – Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2010-13 – Kansas as Student-Manager
NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTHS (9):
2019 – NCAA First Round at Cincinnati as an Assistant Coach
2018 – NCAA Second Round at Cincinnati as the Video, Analytics, and Recruiting Coordinator
2017 – NCAA Second Round at Cincinnati as the Video Coordinator
2016 – NCAA First Round at Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2015 – NCAA Second Round at Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2014 – NCAA First Round at Cincinnati as a Program Assistant
2013 – NCAA Sweet 16 at Kansas as Student-Manager
2012 – NCAA National Runner-Up at Kansas as Student-Manager
2011 – NCAA Elite Eight at Kansas as Student-Manager
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS (8):
2019 – AAC Tournament Champions with Cincinnati as an Assistant Coach
2018 – AAC Regular-Season and Tournament Champions with Cincinnati as the Video, Analytics, and Recruiting Coordinator
2014 – Big XII Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2013 – Big XII Regular Season Champions
2011 – Big XII Regular Season and Tournament Champions
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