Scott Corley

Scott Corley serves as Belmont's Vice President, Director of Athletics. Corley joined Belmont as the Director of Athletics in 2016 after a stint as a senior vice president of corporate banking at FirstBank.

A 1990 Belmont graduate and one of the most decorated student-athletes in program history, Corley has helped the Bruin athletic program enjoy overwhelming success.

Moreover, Corley has spearheaded new athletic department initiatives, including a program-wide deal with Under Armour as the official outfitter of the Bruins and a rebrand of the Bruin Club, the athletic department fundraising arm.

Corley brings over 25 years of business experience within the Nashville community. Most recently, Corley spent four-plus years in senior leadership at FirstBank, engaging in business development with some of the most successful companies in middle Tennessee.

Prior to his time at FirstBank, Corley served as managing director for corporate banking at Regions Bank for five years. He held a similar capacity at SunTrust Bank from 1991-2007, overseeing middle Tennessee, east Tennessee, and sparking the company’s foothold in Kentucky markets, such as Louisville and Lexington.

Corley has served as the head of corporate membership on the executive committee of the Nashville Sports Council since 2014 and is Belmont University’s representative on the Ohio Valley Conference Alumni Board. He also contributed to the Belmont University Alumni Board from 2009-14 and the Nashville Health Care Council from 2013-14.

In 1986, Corley was the first men’s basketball signee for head coach Rick Byrd. The shooting guard went on to lead Belmont to 90 victories over four seasons and the program’s first-ever NAIA National Tournament berth in 1989. The then-Rebels won the 1988 Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC) title and the 1989 NAIA District 24 championship.

Corley is one of only eight players in the history of Belmont Basketball to score over 2,000 career points, ranking sixth all-time (2,062). While former Belmont All-American and NBA Champion Ian Clark (’13) holds the Bruins’ NCAA Division I era record for career three-point field goals (340), Corley’s astonishing mark of 420 made three-pointers may never be broken.

Corley, a two-time NAIA Academic-All American (1989, 1990) and Belmont Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2000 inductee, earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Belmont before receiving his master’s degree in business administration from Samford University.