University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- keasley@unca.edu
- Phone:
- 828-250-3886
Former High Point assistant Kevin Easley begins his first year on the UNC Asheville coaching staff.
"We're really pleased to have Kevin with our program," stated Bulldog coach Eddie Biedenbach. "He's a fine young man who has a great deal of experience who will help our team."
Kevin worked last year with the AAU program, Team Loaded and helped the Under-16 team to an amazing 40-7 record.
Easley worked for the Panther program for two seasons under head coach Scott Cherry during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.
Prior to his time at High Point, he spent three season at UNC Greensboro under Mike Dement.
Easley began his collegiate coaching career at Tennessee-Martin, serving on the staff of Bret Campbell. The job allowed Easley and Campbell to reunite after Easley played under Campbell at Austin Peay State University, when Campbell was an assistant coach.
Easley was a four-year member of the Austin Peay basketball team from 1997-2001. During the 1998-99 campaign, Easley was voted the team's most improved player. The Governors tallied a 22-10 mark in 2000-01 with Easley appearing in 21 games. He graduated from APSU with a bachelor's degree in communications.
During his tenure at Tennessee-Martin, Easley helped lead the program to dramatic improvements improving from six wins in 2004-05 to a 13-15 mark the next season. With the Skyhawks, Easley coached a pair of student-athletes who participated in NBA summer leagues in 2006, including Jared Nelson, who signed with the Dallas Mavericks. Easley also helped recruit 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Marquis Weddle.
While at UTM, Easley completed his master's degree work to earn a degree in education.
Before joining the college coaching ranks, Easley served as an AAU coach in the Mid State Ballerz organization where he went 40-7 on year.
A high school prep standout at Trenton (Tenn.) Peabody High School, Easley was a finalist for Tennessee's Class A Mr. Basketball after guiding his team to a 26-1 record in his senior season (1996-97).
Easley is married to the former Erin Wren and the couple have two children, Sebastian (5) and Peyton (2).
