Corbin Maynard joined the EKU staff as director of player development/video coordinator in the summer of 2018. In July of 2020, Maynard was chosen as the program’s director of operations.
In the last two seasons, Maynard has aided a program that has 38 victories and two straight trips to the conference tournament semifinals. Eastern is now coming off a 22-7 season in 2020-21 which featured the most conference wins in program history (15) and the most conference road victories (8) ever. EKU set a new program record for 3-pointers in a game (20) and led the nations in steals (10.3 per game). The team was ranked as high as No. 12 in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 and concluded the season ranked 25th.
The team’s 22 victories tied for the third most in program history and EKU’s .759 winning percentage was the Colonels’ best since the 1964-65 season (56 years). It was also the highest winning percentage by any NCAA Division I team in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The squad began the 2020-21 season with a 14-2 mark, the best start for an Eastern team in 74 years. Eastern’s 6-1 record in non-conference games was the best non-conference winning percentage since the 1948-49 season (72 years). The seven losses were the fewest in a season since 1964-65 (56 years).
Eastern Kentucky ranked second in the nation in turnovers forced per game, second in turnover margin, second in tempo/pace, eighth in scoring, 10th in 3-pointers made, 15th in assists, 22nd in winning percentage, 46th in scoring margin and 50th in total rebounds.
In 2019-20, the Colonels ranked fifth nationally in forced turnovers (18.2 per game), seventh in steals (9.3 per game) and 10th in turnover margin (+4.3). In 2018-29, EKU ranked second nationally in both steals (10.2 per game) and forced turnovers (18.2 per game), as well as 13th nationally in scoring (82.6 points/game).
Maynard came to EKU following one season as an assistant coach at Aspire Basketball Academy in Louisville. In 2017-18, Aspire went 24-11 and finished second in the Grind Session World Championship. Seven of his players signed NCAA Division-I basketball scholarships.
In 2016-17, Maynard was an assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. His JV squad won more games in his one season as head coach than it had won in the previous three seasons combined. His role as an assistant coach at Spring Hill consisted of guard play development, scouting reports and defensive strategies.
Maynard has also been a head coach of Higher Level AAU Basketball (2013-15) and Louisville Prospects (2015), where he helped all nine of his players land NCAA scholarships.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Maynard was a standout player at Bellarmine University in Louisville. While at Bellarmine, he worked his way from a walk-on to a scholarship player in his final two seasons. Maynard appeared in two NCAA Division II Final Fours (2012, 2015). He was a key part of Bellarmine accumulating a 107-22 record during his four years. During his senior campaign (2014-15), Maynard was named a team captain earned a spot on the NCAA Tournament All-Tournament Team. He accumulated 50 steals that season, which was second-best on the team and eighth-most in Bellarmine history.
Maynard graduated from Bellarmine in 2015 with a degree in communications and a minor in business administration.
The Louisville native was a prep standout at St. Francis DeSales High School. While at DeSales, Corbin was a three-year varsity starter. He helped lead DeSales to back-to-back All “A” State Championship appearances.
