Joey Meyer

CTL-E-5781 · Person · other · 1949–2023

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07044 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5781.

Joey Meyer (born April 2, 1949, in Chicago; died December 29, 2023, in Hinsdale, Illinois) was an American basketball player and coach whose career was spent almost entirely at DePaul University. He played guard for the Blue Demons from 1968 to 1971 under his father, head coach Ray Meyer, finishing with 1,233 career points, then served eleven seasons as his father's assistant before succeeding him as head coach in 1984. In thirteen seasons as DePaul's head coach, 1984 to 1997, Meyer compiled a 231–158 record, the second-most wins in program history behind his father, and led the Blue Demons to seven NCAA tournament appearances, including back-to-back Sweet Sixteen runs in 1986 and 1987. He was named Chevrolet National Coach of the Year in 1987 and led DePaul to its first conference title, the 1992 Great Midwest Conference regular-season championship. After DePaul he coached in the NBA's developmental league and worked as a regional scout for the Los Angeles Clippers. DePaul announced his death on December 29, 2023, at the age of 74.

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• Also known as: Joseph Meyer

Notes

STAGED 2026-10-16 (747 Program, Wave 7, Batch B) — not merged. Gate A: no match in the live graph (3,443 entities) at staging. VITAL STATUS CORRECTION: the packet brief carried Meyer as 'believed living — verify.' Verification REFUTES it: he died December 29, 2023 (DePaul University announcement; Associated Press). This record is written as a deceased-person record and tribute language appears only in the draft Curator's Judgment. Edges staged: head_coach_of → DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball (CTL-E-5518); child_of → Ray Meyer (CTL-E-5542). Photo HELD. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Teams, companies, labels and persons carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and i) | visual_assets = HELD: DePaul University athletics photograph of Joey Meyer (candidate, university holdings) | chart = FILLED (Built only from this record's own sourced facts.) | video = HELD (No entry in the Shorts Link Map catalog (shorts-link-map-2026-10-15.json, 233 rows, searched 2026-10-16) bills) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio exists at staging.)

Relationships

• DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball — head coach of
  Meyer was head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team (CTL-E-5518) from 1984 to 1997, compiling a 231–158 record (DePaul University Athletics; Associated Press). head_coach_of runs Person→Organization in the schema matrix.
• Ray Meyer — child of
  Joey Meyer is the son of Ray Meyer (CTL-E-5542): he played for his father at DePaul (1968–1971), served eleven seasons as his assistant, and succeeded him as head coach in 1984 (DePaul University Athletics; Associated Press). child_of runs Person→Person in the schema matrix.

Sources

• DePaul University Athletics (depaulbluedemons.com), 'Blue Demons Mourn Loss of Joey Meyer,' December 29, 2023 — passed away December 29, 2023, age 74; born in Chicago April 2, 1949; 30 years at DePaul as player, assistant and head coach 1984–1997; 231 career wins, second in program history; seven NCAA appearances; 1987 Chevrolet National Coach of the Year; 1992 Great Midwest title; 1,233 points as a player (primary source · build store)
• Associated Press via ESPN, December 30, 2023 — died Friday in Hinsdale at 74; played for his father Ray 1968–1971; assistant for 11 seasons; 231–158 in 13 seasons as head coach; Sweet 16 in 1986 and 1987; later coached in the NBA developmental league and scouted for the LA Clippers (build store)
• Basketball Museum of Illinois, Joey Meyer Hall of Fame biography (inducted 2021) — DePaul Academy and DePaul University career; captain of the 1970–71 team; fourth-leading scorer in school history at graduation; died December 29, 2023, at 74 (build store)

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