Tory Wooley was named the first women's basketball head coach at Georgia Gwinnett College in July 2024 after a successful stint at in-state Point University (Georgia). The Grizzlies are set to begin the program for the 2025-26 season.
Wooley won more than 200 games in 11 seasons as Head Coach at his alma mater. He was the winningest coach in program history, and his teams had 10 consecutive winning seasons and posted 20 or more wins in five seasons.
Wooley’s 2023-24 Point team had a 14-13 record as the program transitioned to compete in NAIA’s challenging Southern States Athletic Conference. The previous winter, he earned Appalachian Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors after the Skyhawks had a 23-9 record, including an 18-6 mark in conference games, and captured the league championship to play in the NAIA national tournament.
In 2022, Wooley was recognized as one of the 50 most impactful head coaches in women’s NAIA sports. He guided the 2017-18 Point team to a NAIA Top 25 ranking, a 21-9 record and a victory against NCAA Division II University of West Georgia. His 2021-22 team opened the campaign with 11 straight victories.
Wooley’s teams have consistently been ranked among the best defensive units in their conference, allowing 56.3 points per game during AAC games in the 2022-23 season. That team had an 8.6 rebounding edge over the opposition that winter, grabbing an average of 39.5 rebounds per contest.
His teams also were successful in academics, with 35 players earning NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete honors and posting the highest grade point average twice among Point’s 19 intercollegiate teams. The 2022 team had a 3.60 accumulated GPA (out of 4.0).
Wooley was a four-year varsity letterman and three-year captain of the Skyhawks’ men’s basketball program. He earned National Christian College Athletic Association All-America honors and remains as one of men’s basketball program’s all-time leading scorers. Wooley was recently inducted into Point’s inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame.
Wooley is a graduate of Southwest Atlanta Christian, where he played alongside center Dwight Howard, the No. 1 selection by the Orlando Magic in the 2004 NBA Draft. Howard and Wooley won two high school Class-A region championships together as teammates.
He earned a bachelor's of arts in child and youth development from Point in 2012. In 2014, Wooley earned his Master’s in Kinesiology and Coaching from Georgia Southern University.
Wooley and his wife Nicci have three sons.
