Experienced collegiate assistant coach Paul Hemrick enters his fifth season on the staff of the UNCW men's basketball program in 2026-27.
A former assistant at Wofford and Gardner-Webb, Hemrick has helped the Seahawks to four straight 20-win campaigns since joining head coach Takayo Siddle's staff in 2022-23 as well as the 2025 CAA Tournament Championship and 2026 CAA regular season title. UNCW also reached the second round of the 2026 National Invitation Tournament.
Prior to UNCW, Hemrick spent three years on the Wofford men's basketball staff after spending six seasons with the Runnin' Bulldogs in Boiling Springs, N.C.
Hemrick joined the Terriers as a member of Jay McAuley’s staff on April 18, 2019, and, in his first season, helped Wofford post key victories over UNCG and sixth-seeded Chattanooga in the Southern Conference Tournament semifinals. The Terriers have compiled a 53-38 (.582) record over the last three seasons in Spartanburg, S.C.
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In 2021-22, Wofford went 19-13 overall and 10-8 in the Southern Conference, earning an invitation to The Basketball Classic postseason event.
Prior to moving to Wofford, Hemrick served as an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb for six seasons following two years as Director of Basketball Operations for Tim Craft’s club.
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He began working at Gardner-Webb in 2013-14 and played a key role in the program’s rise in the Big South Conference standings. Hemrick was a part of 132 wins over seven seasons with a string of six consecutive winning seasons. In 2018-19, the team went 23-11 overall and defeated Radford to win the Big South championship. It was the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Runnin’ Bulldogs since moving to NCAA Division I in 2000.
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Gardner-Webb made two additional postseason appearances during Hemrick’s tenure with the program, hosting a game in the CIT during his final season as Director of Operations in 2013 and traveling to Colorado for a CBI appearance in 2015.
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During his two seasons as Director of Basketball Operations, Hemrick had a hand in all aspects of the program, from administrative duties on a daily basis to overseeing the team’s student managers and responsibilities for all video exchange and editing.
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The John’s Creek, Ga., native joined the GW staff after spending two seasons as head varsity men’s basketball coach at Westminster Christian Academy in Watkinsville, Ga. He directed the squad to a 17-8 record in his first season, improving the previous year’s win total by eight games. He directed the Lions to a pair of state tournament appearances and had five players named All-Region in two seasons.
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Hemrick spent four seasons as a student manager at Georgia from 2005-2009, coordinating film exchange with responsibilities for equipment and filming.
Hemrick graduated from Georgia in May of 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration-Management and a Bachelor of Science in Education-Sports Management. He completed his Master of Business Administration at Gardner-Webb in May of 2013.
He and his wife, Melissa, are the proud parents of Eloise Grace, Joseph Scott and Paxton Houston Hemrick.
