Player Bio: Barry Joyce - NC State University Official Athletic Site

Barry Joyce

	Position: Associate AD/Facilities and Operations
	Phone/Email: 919-515-7369/ barry_joyce@ncsu.edu

Barry Joyce was hired as the Director of Indoor Athletics Facilities in November of 2001 and promoted to Assistant Athletic Director in October of 2003. He is responsible for overseeing the maintenance, operation, scheduling, construction and renovations of all indoor athletics facilities, which includes Reynolds Coliseum, Case Academic Center, the Weisiger-Brown Athletics Facility, Dail Basketball Facility, Isenhour Tennis Facility and Dail Baseball Office Tower on campus; as well as the Murphy Football Center and Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Joyce came to NC State from the University of North Carolina, where he served as the Assistant for Athletic Facilities and Operations from 1993-2001. At North Carolina, Joyce was responsible for overseeing football game day operations at Kenan Memorial Stadium and was the facility manager of Eddie Smith Field House. He also assisted with the construction of the Frank H. Kenan Football Center, Eddie Smith Field House and Kenan Memorial Stadium renovations, as well as game operations for the Smith Center and olympic sports.

A native of Stuart, Va., Joyce earned both his bachelor's degree in business management (1988) and masters in sports management (1992) from Virginia Tech and is also a graduate of the Sports Management Institute (2000).

Joyce served as a pension analyst for Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company until July 1991 and while pursuing his master's degree at Virginia Tech, he served as Fields and Game Preparation Supervisor and Administrative Intern.

In August of 1993, Joyce was hired at North Carolina to serve as the Smith Center Special Event Operations Manager. Barry married the former Cathy Callahan, originally of Fayetteville, N.C., in June of 2007. Cathy is a registered nurse that works as a facility survey consultant for medical facilities for the State of North Carolina. They reside in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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