Josh Mawhorr enters his first season leading the Bobcat Basketball program.
Mawhorr previously served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at College of the Ozarks during the 2023-24 season and most recently has worked as a graduate assistant with Baylor University men’s basketball since June 2024. Mawhorr is the fifth head men’s coach in the history of the program.
Mawhorr returns to Point Lookout after two years in the Big 12, where his responsibilities at Baylor included player development, scouting, film analysis and camp operations, experience that gives the Bobcats a coach with recent exposure to high-level preparation and daily program management. Mawhorr’s background also includes head coaching and recruiting experience from his time at Link Year Prep. He served as head coach of a regional Link Year Prep team from April 2021 to April 2023 after first working as an assistant there from August 2019 to April 2021. During that stretch, he recruited nearly 30 players to the program and helped place more than 15 players on college rosters across NCAA Division I, Division II, NAIA and NJCAA levels. That track record will lend itself to Mawhorr contributing not only on the court, but also in roster building and long-term program development.
Before those stops, Mawhorr built a varied leadership background through ministry work, summer-camp leadership roles and a pastoral residency. His playing career included two-year starter roles at Saint Xavier University and Indiana Wesleyan University, where he was part of the 2016 NAIA national championship team and earned scholar-athlete honors.
Josh holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Indiana Wesleyan University, a seminary certificate completed in 2024, and a master’s degree in sports management from Baylor University. He and his wife Lindsay have two children, Rother and Miller Grace.