Joining head coach Kelly Killion’s staff at American in June of 2025, Paige Corkins is hot off two seasons as an assistant coach with the Holy Cross women's basketball team.
During her first season, Corkins worked with the forwards and help guide the Crusaders to the 2024 Patriot League Tournament Championship and the 2023-24 Patriot League Regular Season Championship. Janelle Allen was named to the Patriot League Championship All-Tournament Team and All-Patriot League Third Team.
Corkins was also honored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) to its prestigious Thirty Under 30 list which recognizes 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game. Each honoree has exemplified their involvement in community service, mentorship and impact on others, professional manner, and attitude and professional association involvement.
Corkins comes from Fordham after spending the first season as a video analyst and adding director of player development to her responsibilities for the 2022-23 season. While with the Rams, Corkins developed and carried out individual workout plans, return to play injury plans, produced scouting reports, assisted Green in developing game strategy, designing of effective and efficient training and practices for both the team and individual student athletes as well as coordinated all film and video responsibilities for the program.
Before Fordham, Corkins was an assistant coach at her alma mater, Concordia for three years specifically working with the post players while assisting with academic support, coordinating team activities and scouting. During her tenure at Concordia, the program reached the NCAA Division II Regionals. A four year letter winner for the Clippers, the one-time team captain finished her career ranked 15th in program history in offensive rebounds and was top 20 in both rebounds and defensive rebounds.
Corkins graduated from Concordia with a Bachelor of Science in psychology in 2017 and earned her Masters of Science in public media from Fordham in 2023.
