University of Delaware Athletics
Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- cmccrae@udel.edu
- Phone:
- 302-831-8045
Corey McCrae enters his sixth year as an assistant coach with the University of Delaware men’s basketball staff in 2021-22.
During his first year with the Blue Hens in 2016-17, McCrae helped Delaware with 13 games including a victory over Hofstra in the CAA Tournament, while the Blue Hens posted 14 wins in 2017-18 and again earned a league tournament victory by defeating Elon in the first round.
In 2018-19 the Blue Hens finished 17-16 and were fifth in the CAA standings, posting their highest win total and highest CAA finish in five years. Delaware erased a 14-point halftime deficit in the 85-79 win over William & Mary in the CAA quarterfinals, the largest halftime comeback in CAA Tournament history.
A Blue Hen earned the CAA Rookie of the Year award in both of his first two years, while Delaware was the only CAA school to earn an All-Rookie Team selection in each of his first three seasons.
In 2019-20 the Blue Hens finished 22-11, posting a five-win improvement and recording the eighth 20-win season in program history. Delaware set a program record by winning its first nine games, earning a vote in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in two decades. The Blue Hens tied for fourth place in the CAA and defeated Charleston in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals for the second consecutive year.
Duing the summer of 2020, McCrae was named one of the top five assistant coaches in the CAA in a Stadium poll.
McCrae previously served as an assistant at his alma mater, national power DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., for seven years prior from 2009 to 2016 to arriving in Newark. He also served as head coach for the DC Assault and DC Premier teams in the AAU circuit from 2012 through 2014.
Additionally McCrae worked as an athletic trainer with ASM Sport Management in 2009 in Las Vegas, training professional athletes and enhancing players’ skill sets in preparation for the upcoming NBA season.
McCrae began his collegiate playing career at Wagner from 2002-04, including his freshman season when Ingelsby was an assistant coach with the Seahawks, before playing his final two years at Fordham. He averaged 3.9 points as a junior and 5.7 points as a senior for the Rams, while serving as team captain during both seasons.
McCrae, who graduated with a business management degree from Fordham in 2006, earned the men’s basketball program’s Taco Poto Award for outstanding leadership in 2005.
“I’m excited to join the Blue Hen family,” McCrae said at the time of his hiring. “I believe that (UD head coach) Martin Ingelsby is one of the brightest young coaches in the country, and I look forward to helping him take the UD program to new heights.”
“Corey is a great addition to our staff here at Delaware,” Ingelsby said. “He comes with a strong pedigree as a former Division 1 basketball player and an assistant coach at DeMatha Catholic, one of the most successful high school programs in the country. Corey has extensive recruiting contacts both regionally and nationally. His passion and expertise in developing players will be infectious to our basketball team.”
McCrae and his wife, Mahoganey, reside in Bowie, Md. with their son, CJ, and daughter, Saige.
Updated 6/16/21
