Joye Lee-McNelis Posthumously Inducted into Conference USA Hall of Fame

DALLAS – Former Southern Miss women’s basketball head coach Joye Lee-McNelis has been posthumously inducted into the Conference USA Hall of Fame as one of five members of the 2026 class. In her 27 years as a head coach in Conference USA at Memphis and Southern Miss, McNelis accumulated 231 all-time conference wins, a mark that still stands as the most in league history by any men’s or women’s basketball coach. The C-USA Hall of Fame is the latest in a long line of hall of fame honors for the late McNelis, who passed on June 24, 2025, following her…