Hall of Fame
Easley was the head men's and women's tennis coach at Jones from 1999-2016 and soccer from 2000-05.
He was 355-145 (.710) with a 188-59 record on the women's side and a 167-86 mark on the men's side. That includes four MACJC and two Region 23 Tournament titles on the women's side, along with 11 women's and six men's national tournament appearances. He also had six MACJC runner-ups and four region runner-ups.
He coached 23 state singles champions, 23 state doubles champions, 12 Region 23 singles champions, 10 Region 23 doubles champions, 45 All-MACJC players and 22 All-Region 23 players.
Easley was a five-time MACJC Coach of the Year, a five-time Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) Coach of the Year and the 2015 Wilson/ITA Region 3 National Coach of the Year.
In soccer, Easley served as an assistant coach in 1999 and was head coach from 2000-05.
His 2004 men's team went 10-3-3, won the MACJC South Division and finished as state/region runner-up. His 2000 men's team was South Division runner-up. His women's teams were division runner-ups in 1999, 2001 and 2002.
Easley graduated from Vardaman High School in 1981 and was a standout basketball player at Delta State University from 1982-85. He is the 12th all-time leading scorer at DSU, is sixth in rebounds, seventh in steals, 10th in field goals made, ninth in field goals attempted and sixth in free throws made.
Easley is third in free throws attempted in a season (399) and tied for fifth in career games played (114). He was named to the 1985 Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team.
He served as a graduate assistant at Delta State from 1985-87 and coached at Neshoba Central from 1987-90. He coached basketball and softball at Northeast Jones from 1991-1999. He was inducted into the Delta State Hall of Fame in 1985 and the DSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.
After retiring as tennis coach in 2016, Easley became Dean of Student Affairs. He retired from that position in 2019, but still works part-time at the college.
Easley also serves as the "Voice of the Bobcats" for Jones College football, basketball, baseball and softball games.
He and his wife, Melody, have been married for 36 years. They have two daughters: Katie Shores and her husband, Aaron; Lauryn Doggett, and her husband, Brody; and a son, Daniel. They have two grandchildren, Norah and Grayson Shores.
