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Greg McVey
Greg McVey
Email: gmcvey@kckcc.edu
Title: Athletic Director
Phone: 913-288-7150

-Greg McVey began as the Director of Athletics at Kansas City Kansas Community College on May 7, 2023

In McVey’s second year, the athletic department continued its growth seeing three programs qualify for their respective NJCAA National Championships including Volleyball, Women’s Soccer, and Men’s Basketball.  The volleyball program finished the season 28-9 overall and finished 4th in the country after receiving an at-large bid for the 2024 NJCAA D2 National Tournament in Cedar Rapids, IA.  After dropping their first match of the tournament, they went on to win four straight before falling in the 3rd place game to Heartland Community College IL).   Women’s soccer won the KJCCC D1 Women’s Soccer Championship compiling an impressive 14-2-6 overall record and received an at-large bid to the 2024 NJCAA D1 Women’s Soccer Championships in Wichita, KS.  The team went on to defeat the #5 seed Hill College (TX) in their first match of the tournament before falling to national runner-up and #4 seed Arizona Western Community College.  They finished in 7th nationally after going 1-1 in the national tournament.   In addition, the men’s basketball program went 26-10 overall and won the 2025 NJCAA Region 6 D2 Men’s Basketball Tournament with a thrilling 74-73 victory over rival Johnson County Community College.  That win secured an automatic bid for the NJCAA D2 Men’s Basketball National Tournament in Danville, Illinois.  While there, the Blue Devils defeated Raritan Valley Community College (NJ) by the score of 88-82 securing the program’s first ever win at the national tournament.  The team ultimately fell to the eventual 2025 National Champion Kirkwood Community College in the second round by the score of 73-55.  26 wins marks the most wins in a single season in the history of the program. 

All seven teams were listed in the national rankings at one point during the academic year with four teams listed in the final polls including Women Soccer (7th), Volleyball (13th), Men’s Basketball (19th), and Softball (#20).  Head Women’s Soccer Coach Shawn Uhlenhake was named 2024 KJCCC D1 Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brandon Burgette was named 2025 NJCAA Region VI Coach of the Year after winning the 2025 NJCAA Region 6 Championship.  Sophomore forward B.J. Stewart was named the KJCCC Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Year and later was named the John Spezia MVP after a spectacular performance in the NJCAA All-Star Game held on May 17th in Las Vegas, NV.  Four student-athletes were named to their respective All-American Teams including B.J. Stewart (Basketball 2nd Team), Mercedez Brown (Volleyball 3rd team), Sidney Sullivan (Softball 2nd Team), and Sierra Montez (Women’s Soccer 3rd Team).  39 Blue Devil student-athletes were named to one of the respective All-KJCCC teams, 20 student-athletes were named KJCCC/Region 6 Player of the Week, 7 were named All-Region 6 Tournament Team, and 1 was named NJCAA National Player of the Week.

Academically, the Blue Devils continue to achieve at a high-level recording a 3.33 departmental grade-point-average for 2024-2025.   (75) Student-athletes were named to the All-KJCCC Academic team (at least 3.50 GPA), and (59) student-athletes were named to the All-Academic Team (at least a 3.60 GPA), and (5) of the programs were named NJCAA Academic Team of the Year by finishing the academic year with a combined grade-point-average of a 3.0 or above.  The teams include Softball (3.66), Baseball (3.63), Volleyball (3.52), Women’s Soccer (3.46), and Women’s Basketball (3.02).

McVey was also instrumental in completing several important facility projects during the 2024-2025 academic year including the gymnasium floor repair, the completion of the new strength training facility, remodeling of the volleyball locker room, construction of the new women’s soccer locker room, and the refurbishing of the athletic office area in the lower level of the Fieldhouse.  In May 2025, McVey partnered with the Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation to secure a naming rights gift for the basketball court in the Fieldhouse from the Breidenthal Foundation.  The court will now bear the name Breidenthal Court honoring their family’s legacy in Wyandotte County.

During his first year, McVey oversaw a department that recorded a .692 overall winning percentage and a .763 KJCCC winning percentage.  Every program finished the season with a winning record for the first time since the 2019-2020 academic year.  Three teams finished the year in the NJCAA Rankings including women’s soccer (#11), baseball (#15), and men’s basketball (RV).  The men’s basketball team won the KJCCC Division II Regular Season Championship with a 22-10 overall record and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Brandon Burgette was named the KJCCC Division II Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year.  Sophomore Jada Johnson was named as the KJCCC Division II Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, Freshman catcher/infielder Frankie Santiago was name KJCCC Division I Baseball Freshman of the Year, and Sophomore Women’s Basketball student-athlete Kaylyn Rogers won the NJCAA Lea Plarski Award which honors the student-athlete that best exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership, community service, academic excellence, and athletic ability.  Forty (40) Blue Devil Student-Athletes were named to one of their respective All-KJCCC teams, and another twenty-one (21) student-athletes were named KJCCC/Region 6 Player of the Week. 

 

Academically, the Blue Devils continue to achieve at a high level recording a 3.24 departmental grade-point-average.  Sixty-one (61) Student-athletes were named to the All-KJCCC Academic team (at least 3.50 GPA), and fifty-two (52) student-athletes were named to the All-Academic Team (at least a 3.60 GPA), and six (6) of the programs were named NJCAA Academic Team of the Year by finished the academic year with a combined grade-point-average of a 3.0 or above.  The teams include Softball (3.56), Baseball (3.43), Women’s Basketball (3.34), Women’s Soccer (3.28), Volleyball (3.20), and Men’s Soccer (3.01).  McVey also spearheaded the creation and implementation of the Blue Devil Student-Athlete Advisory Council (S.A.A.C.) that provides a voice for the student-athletes on campus.

 

McVey has partnered with others in coordinating several facility projects that were either completed or are currently ongoing during the 2023-2024 academic year.  Those include the construction of new Strength Training Center, installation of two new LED Video Scoreboards, artificial turf replacement at the Baseball Stadium, installation of a new indoor batting cage for softball, and a complete remodel of the volleyball and women’s soccer locker rooms.  

 

Prior to taking the helm of the Blue Devil athletic program, McVey spent 30 years working in intercollegiate athletics at several levels including the NJCAA, NAIA and NCAA, giving him a unique perspective on the role athletics plays in higher education.

 

"I am a firm believer that participation in intercollegiate athletics is not just an activity, but rather an extension of the education process," McVey said. "Student-athletes learn valuable life skills such as teamwork, communication, and overcoming adversity to name a few. Those life lessons will last them many years after their athletic careers end."

 

McVey most recently served as Athletic Director at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida where he oversaw 5 extremely competitive NJCAA Division I intercollegiate programs.  During his time, the Men’s Basketball program won the 2021 FCSAA Central Conference Championship and advanced to the NJCAA Region VIII Regional posting an impressive 24-6 overall record.  Additionally, the Saints Baseball program reached as high as #2 in the NJCAA Division I Baseball poll during the season and posting a 40-10 overall record. He also was able to drive several facility projects while in Gainesville including the complete remodel of the athletic department offices and gymnasium lobby.  McVey also served as the Chair of the FCSAA Central Conference, the FCSAA Executive Council, and the Chair of the FCSAA Softball Coaches.

 

Prior to his stint at Santa Fe College, McVey was the Director of Athletics at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas.  While there McVey helped revitalize the Broncbuster Athletic Association, a body constructed solely to serve the needs of student athletes through scholarships. He was also the driving force behind the installation of a brand-new, state-of-the-art digital scoreboard in Conestoga Arena. Amongst other contributions, McVey was part of a team that secured a $300,000 grant from the Sunderland Foundation for the complete remodel of two athletic-training facilities.  

 

Previous Administrative Posts

 

  • College of DuPage (NJCAA, Glen Ellen, Ill.) – Director of Athletics & Recreation (2018-2019)
  • Jefferson College (NJCAA, Hillsboro, Mo.) – Director of Athletics (2015-2018)
  • Culver-Stockton College (NAIA, Canton, Mo.) – Director of Athletics (2010-2014)
  • Quincy University (NCAA Div. II, Quincy, Ill.) – Associate Director of Athletics (2007-2010)

 

In each of these roles, McVey has evidenced a propensity for leading the way to growth and success, both on and off the field.

 

At the College of DuPage, the department hosted the 2018 Red Grange Bowl sponsored by the NJCAA that crowns the football national champion on a yearly basis for the non-scholarship football playing institutions. 

 

During McVey’s tenure, the Jefferson College Vikings recorded a combined .670 winning percentage, won nine Missouri Community College Athletic Conference Championships, four NJCAA Region 16 Championships, three NJCAA District titles and made three National Tournament appearances. In addition, the Vikings had 151 Academic All-MCCAC, 108 Academic All-NJCAA Region 16, and 36 NJCAA Academic All-Americans. McVey spearheaded several facility upgrades while in Hillsboro including a new indoor high-definition video board, remodel of the athletic training room, baseball stadium backstop and seating improvements, and the complete renovation of the campus fitness center. Vikings’ athletics were also visible in the community while the department performed several hundred hours of learning service throughout Jefferson County-which included reading at elementary schools, free sports’ clinics, and stocking shelves at local food pantries. 

 

In 2012-13 while at Culver-Stockton College, the athletic department was named a ‘5-Star Champions of Character Institution’ by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for the first time in history. The program recognizes the five-core character values at the NAIA level: responsibility, respect, integrity, sportsmanship and servant leadership. McVey also helped the department add three new athletic teams: men’s volleyball in 2013, women’s bowling in 2014 and men’s bowling in 2014. In 2013, the men’s basketball program qualified for the NAIA National Championships held in Kansas City, Missouri for the first time on over 40 years.  That year the team made it to the Elite * before falling to the eventual National Champions Georgetown College.  The team repeated that feat in 2014 making it to the Sweet 16.

 

While at Quincy University, developed a comprehensive NCAA Compliance Office that ensured the institution was he wrote and secured two NCAA Coaching Enhancement Grants for the addition of minority/female coaches, specifically for the football and women’s soccer program. He was also the lead administrator for several large-scale athletic events including the Subway Holiday Tip-Off Men’s Basketball Tournament, Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Championship, and the St. Louis Cardinals’ Winter Caravan.  

 

Committee and Professional Membership Involvement

 

McVey has served on several conference and national committees, which include: NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP), National Association of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) Executive Board, NAIA National Administrative Council, NAIA Competitive Experience Committee, Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Strategic Planning Task Force, Athletic Director Liaison for HAAC Soccer, NCAA North Central Regional Baseball Advisory Committee, and the NCAA North Central Regional Softball Advisory Committee.  

 

Additionally, he is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), past member of the American Baseball Coaches Association, and has served a member of the Hannibal, Missouri Kiwanis Club, and the Hillsboro Missouri Rotary Club. 

 

Baseball Coaching Career

 

  • Quincy University (NCAA Div. II, Quincy, Ill.) – Head Coach (2001-2007)
  • Kentucky Wesleyan College (NCAA Div. II, Owensboro, Ky.) – Head Coach/Director of Campus Recreation (1999-2001)
  • Furman University (NCAA Div. I, Greenville, S.C.) – Assistant Coach (1997-1999)
  • Miami University (NCAA Div. I, Oxford, Ohio) – Assistant Coach (1996-1997)
  • Miami University-Middletown (O.R.C.C.) (Middletown, Ohio) – Head Coach (1994-1996)
  • Miami University (NCAA Div. I, Oxford, Ohio) – Graduate Assistant (1992-1994)

 

After beginning his career in 1992 as a Graduate-Assistant baseball coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, McVey went on to take the Head Coaching job at Miami-University Middletown for three years, where he led the ThunderHawks to three straight Ohio Regional Campus Conference championships.

 

After stints as an Assistant Coach at both Miami University and Furman University, McVey was named the Head Coach and Director of Campus Recreation at Kentucky Wesleyan. In Owensboro, McVey won 37 games in two seasons despite having limited resources at his disposal.

 

In 2001, McVey was hired as the Head Coach at Quincy University where he coached three Rawlings ABCA All-Americans in Brandon DeJaynes (2003), Kevin Sewell (2004) and Kevin Reynolds (2005). In 2003, DeJaynes was named the Rawlings ABCA National Division II Pitcher of the Year. He also coached nine All-North Central Region selections and three league players of the year. In 2005, Quincy was ranked as high as No. 16 in the polls. In 2006, they qualified for the NCAA North-Central Regional Tournament.

  

McVey finished his coaching career with a record of 309-234 including a 189-144 overall record at Quincy University. More impressively, McVey had 43 players land on the GLVC and the NCAA All-Academic team during his career.  

 

Education & Family

McVey was a baseball student-athlete and earned his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana in 1992.  He earned his Master’s in Sports Administration in 1993 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio while working with the baseball program as a Graduate Assistant Coach. A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, he is married to the former Amy Wheelock and has five children, Justin (35), Dalton (33), Avery (25), Casey (21), and Sophie (13). They now live in Olathe, KS.