James Twigg - Head Coach

Coach Jim Twigg begins his first season at Macomb Community College after spending three years as the head coach at Grosse Pointe South High School, in which he developed many players to make an easy transition to the collegiate ranks.
Twigg comes to Macomb with twenty years of coaching experience.  Jim began his career as the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach in 1990 at Clawson High School.  From there he has made stops at L’Anse Creuse North, Avondale and Sterling Heights High Schools as the Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach.  He also was an assistant basketball coach at St. Mary’s College and Grosse Pointe South. 

Coach Twigg is a graduate of Sterling Heights High School.  After graduating from Sterling Heights, Twigg went on to pursue his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Wayne State.  He earned his B.S. in Secondary Ed./Biology in 1993 and earned his M.A. in School Counseling in 2003.  Twigg is currently a Guidance Counselor at Beer Middle School in Warren.

“It is an extraordinary privilege to be named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Macomb.  I have a deep respect for the things Coach Washington and my mentor, Coach Switchulis, accomplished at Macomb.  I am excited to take over a strong program and hope to continue building a successful program.  I look forward to working with the players and coaches of Macomb County to strengthen the Macomb Basketball program.” –Head Basketball Coach Jim Twigg   

Mike Gurney- Assistant Coach

Karl Williams- Assistant Coach

 Carl Jamison- Assistant Coach

Carl Jamison begins his second season at Macomb as a Volunteer Coach.  Although, Jamison comes to Macomb as a coach; he is not unfamiliar with tradition of the Monarchs.  Jamison was a freshman guard for the 1970-1971 Macomb Monarchs Men’s Basketball team.  He earned his associates degree in management.

As a high school standout, Jamison was All-City and All-State in 1969 at Southeastern High School.  After graduation he went to Lorain College in Ohio.  In 1970, Jamison came to Macomb and was the team leading scorer and the Team MVP.

Jamison’s coaching experience extends to the Wish Egan Youth Baseball League for 2 years.  He is a retired worker of 36 years at Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Michigan.  Jamison has been married for 35 years and has one son for the union. 

“This is my first year coaching with Coach Washington and I hope to provide leaderships and wisdom to the program!”-Carl Jamison