Anthony Stacey | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 235 |
Birth Date: | March 25, 1977 |
Birth Place: | Elyria, Ohio, U.S. |
High School: | Midview (Grafton, Ohio) |
College: | Bowling Green (1996–2000) |
Draft Year: | 2000 |
Career Start: | 2000 |
Career End: | 2009 |
Career Number: | 34, 12 |
Career Position: | Small forward |
Coach Start: | 2011 |
Years1: | 2000–2001 |
Team1: | Inca Mallorca |
Years2: | 2001–2002 |
Team2: | Minorisa.net Manresa |
Years3: | 2002–2003 |
Team3: | Etosa Murcia |
Years4: | 2003 |
Team4: | Lucentum Alicante |
Years5: | 2003–2005 |
Team5: | Ciudad de Algeciras |
Years6: | 2005–2006 |
Team6: | Inca Mallorca |
Years7: | 2006–2007 |
Team7: | Club Melilla Baloncesto |
Years8: | 2006–2007 |
Team8: | CB Murcia |
Years9: | 2007–2008 |
Team9: | Cantabria Lobos |
Years10: | 2008–2009 |
Team10: | Drac Inca |
Years11: | 2009–2010 |
Team11: | Grupo Begar León |
Cyears1: | 2011–2014 |
Cteam1: | Medina HS |
Cyears2: | 2014–2014 |
Cteam2: | Sandusky HS |
Cyears3: | 2014–2014 |
Cteam3: | Toledo (assistant) |
Cyears4: | 2015–2020 |
Cteam4: | Bowling Green (assistant) |
Cyears5: | 2020–present |
Cteam5: | Whitmer HS |
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Anthony Allen Stacey (born March 25, 1977) is a retired American basketball player and current head coach for Whitmer High School in Toledo. Stacy played college basketball for Bowling Green University, where he was an all-conference college player. He played professionally for several years in Spain's Liga ACB.
Stacey, a 6'4" small forward from Elyria, Ohio, played college basketball at Bowling Green from 1996 to 2000. Stacey averaged 16.0 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a freshman and was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman of the Year. Following an injury-shortened sophomore campaign, Stacey was named first team All-MAC his last two seasons, as well as MAC Player of the Year in 2000. Stacey finished his college career with 1,938 points.[1]
Following graduation from Bowling Green, Stacey headed to Spain where he enjoyed a nine-year professional career in Spain, including stints in Liga ACB for CB Lucentum Alicante, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León.[2]
In 2011, Stacey began coaching the Medina High School Varsity boys basketball team. This was his first head coaching job after spending two years as an assistant at Lorain High School.[3] After three seasons in Medina, Stacey stepped down in April 2014 to pursue a full-time job in the Sandusky City School District. During his tenure, Medina went 41-33 including going 19-7 in his final season. He became one of three boys basketball coaches in Medina County history to reach the regional finals.[4]
In 2012, Stacey was named to Bowling Green's Hall of Honor and had his jersey number retired.[1]
In April 2014, he began his coaching job at Sandusky High School.[5] He resigned from this position just two months after accepting the job to take a position with the University of Toledo,[6] where he stayed only six months before resigning for personal reasons.[7]
In 2015, he was named an assistant to the Bowling Green State University men's basketball team, a position he held for five seasons.[8] In 2020 he was named the head coach of Washington Local Schools Whitmer High School, where he serves today.[9]