Stacey Palmore

Assistant Basketball Coach

Stacey Palmore begins his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Hokies, and his work on the road and on the court has established him as one of the top assistant coaches in the ACC. He was the lead recruiter on many of last year's recruiting class, which is generally considered the best in school history and one that led the Hokies to a third first-round bye in four seasons in the ACC Tournament.

At Virginia Tech, Palmore is responsible for on- and off-campus recruiting, as well as game preparations and student-athlete development. He works with the Hokie front court players, a group that showed a marked improvement in rebounding last season. Palmore has demonstrated a knack for getting the unit to achieve at a high level and to overcome obstacles in their path. The post players saw tremendous improvement during the 2004-05 season and continued that progress during the last two seasons.

"Stacey Palmore has become one of the premier recruiters in the ACC," head coach Seth Greenberg said. "He has a way of connecting with people. His ability to communicate, be genuine and honest and gain trust is second to none. He's done an outstanding job with our front court players and is a tremendous asset to our program."

Palmore came to Virginia Tech in the summer of 2004 after spending the 2003-04 season as an assistant at the College of Charleston. Prior to his time at Charleston, Palmore spent one season as an assistant at University of Evansville. Palmore also served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Western Carolina from 2000 until 2002, where he recruited and coached 2003-04 NCAA scoring average runner-up Kevin Martin. Martin was the first-round pick of the Sacramento Kings in the 2004 NBA Draft. While at Evansville, he helped the Purple Aces to a 12-16 mark in 2002-03 after posting just seven wins the previous season.

A 1993 graduate of Livingstone (N.C.) College, Palmore played basketball and golf at the collegiate level. As a junior and senior, he was in the nation's top 10 in Division II three-point field goal percentage and was co-captain as a junior and senior.

He coached at Warwick High School in Newport News, Va., for three years as an assistant coach and then was elevated to head coach in 1996.

He spent one year at Lander (S.C.) University as an assistant coach and then served two years as assistant coach at Erskine (S.C.) College before joining the staff at Western Carolina. Since 1994, Palmore has directed the Shoot 4 The Stars Basketball Camp in Greenwood, S.C.

Palmore has a son, Jaden Alexander, born July 31, 2006.