Stillman College

Since taking over the Stillman College men's basketball program in June 2017, John Teasley has produced five-straight NAIA national tournament appearances. Early in the 2022-2023 season. Teasley moved into second place for most wins at Stillman College, now with more than 120 wins. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Teasley served three seasons as a Stillman assistant before becoming head coach. He has more than 25 years of experience coaching basketball in various positions throughout the state of Alabama.


Stillman College produced the third-most wins among all HBCU programs from 2011-2020 with 210 total wins. Teasley went 91-25 in his first four years - the .784 win percentage is the best among NAIA HBCU programs during that span. Career win No. 100 came at home in a 100-60 win over Southeastern Baptist on Dec. 13, 2021. He has produced multiple NAIA All-Americans, multiple conference players of the year, multiple NAIA National Players of the Week, two college assistant coaches and three European pro players in his short tenure as Stillman head coach.


In his first season serving as the head men’s basketball coach in 2017-18, Teasley led the Tigers to one of the most decorated seasons in Sillman College history, finishing the season with a 27-5 overall record and winning the 2018 Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Tournament to earn a spot among in the NAIA Division II National Tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. During their historic run to the program's first NAIA National Tournament, the Tigers spent fourteen straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 and climbed as high as No. 8 in the national rankings. Under Teasley’s leadership Stillman produced two A.I.I. Champions of Character, the A.I.I. Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the year, as well as an NAIA All-America Honorable Mention. Teasley also took home top honors by being named the A.I.I. Coach of the Year.


In 2018-19, Stillman was a perfect 14-0 at home in Birthright Alumni Hall en route to a 27-6 record and the program's first Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) regular season title. Stillman finished the regular season ranked No. 6 in the NAIA Division I Coaches' Poll and advanced to the NAIA Tournament in Kansas City. Stillman had both the SSAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. Prince McDaniel was Stillman's first-ever NAIA First Team All-American and Ravion Henry was a Second Team All-American and was the NAIA National Player of the Week once. 


Teasley's Tigers produced a 20-10 season in year three, qualifying for its third-straight NAIA Tournament before it was canceled due to COVID-19. Stillman's highest ranking was No. 14. 


In 2020-21, Stillman won the SSAC West Division, finished runner-up in the SSAC Tournament and advanced to the NAIA Round of 16 for the first time in program history. It was Stillman's first national Round of 16 since the 2011 team went to the NCAA Division II South Region Final. In a rare single-semester season, due to COVID-19 precautions, Stillman produced a 14-2 regular season and finished 17-4. Stillman was the No. 1 seed in the NAIA Opening Round Montgomery Bracket A, defeating Keiser, 72-64, in the Round of 32. Stillman was the No. 8 seed entering the NAIA Final Site. During the year, Trey Petty was named the SSAC Player of the Week twice, NAIA Player of the Week once and the SSAC Co-Player of the Year.

The 2021-22 season saw the fourth 20-win season and fifth-straight NAIA appearance. The Tigers made it to the Round of 32, led by NAIA All-America Honorable Mention Londell King. 

Prior to taking over the Stillman College men's basketball program, Teasley served three seasons as Stillman's assistant men's basketball coach under the leadership of Head Coach Donte Jackson. In his first season as an assistant coach in 2014-15, Teasley helped the Tigers finish with a 17-10 overall record in NCAA Division II and 13-6 mark in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) play. Stillman claimed a share of the regular season SIAC championship and finished the year with an 11-1 home record.


In 2015-16, the Tigers finished with a 27-6 overall record and claimed the 2016 SIAC Championship Tournament to earn a berth in the NCAA Division II National Tournament. Stillman defeated Gulf South Conference Tournament champion University of West Georgia in the first-round of the tournament before ultimately losing to South Region host University of Alabama-Huntsville. The Tigers produced the SIAC Player of the Year as well as Newcomer of the Year. Teasley was also assigned the duty of establishing and coaching the first junior varisty (JV) program in Stillman history. Under Teasley’s leadership the JV team finished with an 11-2 overall record.


In 2016-17, the Tigers transitioned to the NAIA and recorded 20 wins for the second consecutive season finishing with an overall record of 22-5. Stillman led the nation in margin of victory by an average of 28.6 points per game and finished second in the country in field goal percentage (52.6). The Stillman JV program, led by Teasley, finished the year with an overall mark of 12-4.


Prior to joining the Stillman College staff in 2014, Teasley spent two years as an assistant men’s basketball coach and head JV coach at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama (2012-2014), where he worked under the guidance of longtime Badgers' coach Robert Thompson and current head coach Aaron Niven. During his time at Spring Hill, the Badgers produced the Musco Lighting Spring Hill College competed in the NAIA conference Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Champion of Character, placed four athletes on the SSAC All-Academic team and produced a Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athlete Award winner. Teasley led the Badger JV team to a NCBBA Gulf Coast Conference Championship and a runner-up finish in the National Club Basketball Association National Tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Before beginning his collegiate coaching career, Teasley served as athletic director and head boys' basketball coach at North River Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa. In eight seasons as a high school head coach, he compiled a 151-18 (.893) recor and won three Alabama Christian Athletic Association (ACAA) State Championships with two coming at North River Christian Academy and one at Open Door Christian in Tuscaloosa. All three championship teams enjoyed undefeated seasons.


Teasley graduated from American Public University in 2011 with a bachelor’s of science in sports and health sciences, with a concentration in coaching studies. In 2016 he earned a master’s of science in sports administration from Arkansas State University. Teasley was born in Mobile, Alabama and currently resides in Tuscaloosa with his wife of 11 years, Amanda, and son, Hooper.


 

A.I.I. Postseason Results (2-0)
2/24/18 - Northern New Mexico, W 90-69 - Semifinals
2/25/18 - Voorhees, W 87-84 - Championship


SSAC Postseason Results (6-5)
2/28/19 - Martin Methodist, W 83-79 - Quarterfinals
3/1/19 - Loyola, L 85-72 - Semifinals
3/5/20 - Middle Georgia, W 80-75 - Quarterfinals
3/6/20 - Dalton State, L 79-70 - Semifinals
2/25/21 - Brewton-Parker, W 85-52 - Quarterfinals
2/26/21 - Loyola, W 63-62 - Semifinals
2/27/21 - Faulkner, L 67-64 - Championship
2/24/22 - Mobile, W 82-79 - Quarterfinals
2/25/22 - Loyola, L 82-69 - Semifinals
2/23/23 - Dalton State, W 66-61 - Quarterfinals
2/24/23 - Loyola, L 70-63 - Semifinals


NAIA Postseason Results (2-4)
3/8/18 - Indiana Southeast, L 84-66, NAIA Round of 32
3/21/19 - Oklahoma City, L 101-84, NAIA Round of 32
3/18/20 - Westmont (Calif.), COVID No Contest
3/13/21 - Keiser (Fla.), W 72-64, NAIA Round of 32
3/18/21 - Saint Francis (Ind.), L 69-67, NAIA Round of 16
3/11/22 - Union (Ky.), W 67-65, NAIA Round of 64
3/12/22 - Thomas Moore (Ky.), L80-67, NAIA Round of 32