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Men's Basketball
Stacey, Anthony
Anthony Stacey
- Title:
- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
- Email:
- staceya@bgsu.edu
- Phone:
- 419-372-7073
BGSU men’s basketball all-time leading scorer Anthony Stacey returned to Bowling Green to join the men’s basketball coaching staff for his second stint as an assistant coach with the program in September of 2025. Stacey will enter his first season under Coach Simon in 2025-26 and his sixth season total on staff at BGSU.
For the last five years, Stacey has been serving as the head coach for Whitmer High School in Toledo, leading the resurgence of the Panthers’ program. After a 1-6 season during his first year at the helm in 2020-21, Stacey orchestrated an incredible turnaround, going 20-5 in his second campaign at Whitmer in 2021-22. The momentum continued for Stacey and the Panthers, accumulating a 79-31 record over his five seasons with Whitmer. Stacey’s tenure with the Panthers was highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 2023-24 and a Regional Semifinal appearance in 2024-25.
While leading the Panthers, Stacey mentored multiple student-athletes that went on to Division-I programs, including incoming BGSU freshman guard Makhi Leach. Under Stacey, Leach earned All-Ohio honors in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. Leach was joined in the backcourt under Stacey by Antione West Jr. who ranked No. 76 in the ESPN Top 100 for the 2025 recruiting class. The 2024 Toledo Blade Player of the Year, West is currently a freshman guard at Purdue.
During his first stint with the Falcons, being with the team from 2015-2020, Stacey was instrumental in the development of forward Demajeo Wiggins, who finished his career with back-to-back Second Team All-MAC selections. Wiggins finished his career with 1,316 points and 1,066 rebounds, becoming just the third player in school history – joining legends Nate Thurmond and Cornelius Cash – to register 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
In addition to Wiggins, Stacey played a key role in Justin Turner’s recruitment as well as his historic BGSU career. Under Stacey’s tutelage, Turner broke two of Stacey’s scoring records, scoring 492 points as a freshman and 2,077 career points in the Orange and Brown. Both marks surpassed records previously held by Stacey in the record books with Stacey still ranked second behind Turner in both. In 2018-19, Turner earned First Team All-MAC honors and became the first player in program history to score 1,000 career points before reaching junior-year eligibility.
Bowling Green’s defense took significant steps forward across an extremely successful 2018-19 season. BGSU ranked first in the MAC in Kenpom’s steal percentage metric, and 132nd in the nation in defensive efficiency. Those numbers took a big-time leap, as in 2017-18, BGSU ranked 10th in the MAC in steal percentage and 233rd nationally in defensive efficiency.
Bowling Green went 22-12 in 2018-19, Stacey’s fourth year as part of Huger’s staff, and reached the MAC Championship Game for just the fourth time in BGSU men’s basketball history. BGSU posted a 12-6 record in Mid-American Conference play, as the Falcons won 12-plus MAC games for just the seventh time in program history.
The Falcons went 14-2 at The Stroh in 2018-19, including a win over No. 18 Buffalo in front of a record-breaking crowd of 5,000 fans. Bowling Green’s 14 home wins established a new arena record for the men’s basketball program.
A 2011 BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and an All-Anderson Team selection, Stacey returned to BGSU following three successful years as a head coach on the prep level in Ohio. Stacey (#34) is also one of only six men's basketball Cast of Honor selections, the most prestigious award that can be presented to a former BGSU student-athlete by the BGSU Athletics Department. Along with Stacey, Antonio Daniels (#33), Howard Komives (#30), James Darrow (#55), Wyndol Gray (#7) and Nate Thurmond (#42) are a part of the Cast of Honor.
Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Stacey played professionally in Spain for over nine seasons (2001-10). A native of Elyria, Ohio, Stacey scored 1,938 career points for the Falcons and also set the school record for career steals with 226. In addition to his point and steal totals, Stacey ended his career with a total of 760 rebounds, ranking seventh on the BGSU list at the time. Stacey scored in double digits in 105 of his 120 career games, with 16 double-doubles, and led the Falcons in scoring in 1999-2000, 1998-99 and in 1995-96. He also led the team in steals in both 1999-2000 and in 1998-99, while earning First-Team All-MAC honors in both of those seasons.
He began his career with a bang, scoring 433 points, which set the school record at the time before Justin Turner scored 492 points in 2017-18. Stacey, along with being named the MAC Freshman of the Year, earned All-MAC Honorable Mention accolades, as well. Stacey became the first freshman to lead the Falcons in scoring by ranking fifth in the MAC with 16.0 points per game and grabbing 7.6 rebounds per contest that year.
As a sophomore, Stacey earned honorable mention All-MAC honors once again to help BGSU capture the league’s regular-season title in 1996-97. He was second on the team in scoring that year with 14.3 points per game and had a total of 72 steals, the third most in program history at that time.
After sitting out the 1997-98 campaign due to injury, Stacey was named to the All-MAC First Team and also earned NABC Second Team honors as a junior, finishing fourth in the MAC in scoring at 18.5 points per game in 1998-99. He was in the league’s top-15 in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and in rebounding, and scored in double digits in 25 of the 27 games on the season.
As a senior in 1999-2000, Stacey earned MAC Player of the Year honors by averaging 16.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He became the BGSU career scoring leader with a field goal early in the second half of a win over Kent State on Feb. 16, 2000. Stacey went on to be a repeat selection to the NABC Second Team that year.
As a player at Midview High School in Grafton, Ohio, Stacey scored 1,720 career points and pulled down 704 rebounds before graduating in 1995. He was a first-team Division I All-Ohio selection as a senior, when he averaged 30.1 points and 13.4 rebounds per game.
Stacey received his bachelor’s degree in interpersonal communications from Bowling Green in 1999.
For the last five years, Stacey has been serving as the head coach for Whitmer High School in Toledo, leading the resurgence of the Panthers’ program. After a 1-6 season during his first year at the helm in 2020-21, Stacey orchestrated an incredible turnaround, going 20-5 in his second campaign at Whitmer in 2021-22. The momentum continued for Stacey and the Panthers, accumulating a 79-31 record over his five seasons with Whitmer. Stacey’s tenure with the Panthers was highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 2023-24 and a Regional Semifinal appearance in 2024-25.
While leading the Panthers, Stacey mentored multiple student-athletes that went on to Division-I programs, including incoming BGSU freshman guard Makhi Leach. Under Stacey, Leach earned All-Ohio honors in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. Leach was joined in the backcourt under Stacey by Antione West Jr. who ranked No. 76 in the ESPN Top 100 for the 2025 recruiting class. The 2024 Toledo Blade Player of the Year, West is currently a freshman guard at Purdue.
During his first stint with the Falcons, being with the team from 2015-2020, Stacey was instrumental in the development of forward Demajeo Wiggins, who finished his career with back-to-back Second Team All-MAC selections. Wiggins finished his career with 1,316 points and 1,066 rebounds, becoming just the third player in school history – joining legends Nate Thurmond and Cornelius Cash – to register 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
In addition to Wiggins, Stacey played a key role in Justin Turner’s recruitment as well as his historic BGSU career. Under Stacey’s tutelage, Turner broke two of Stacey’s scoring records, scoring 492 points as a freshman and 2,077 career points in the Orange and Brown. Both marks surpassed records previously held by Stacey in the record books with Stacey still ranked second behind Turner in both. In 2018-19, Turner earned First Team All-MAC honors and became the first player in program history to score 1,000 career points before reaching junior-year eligibility.
Bowling Green’s defense took significant steps forward across an extremely successful 2018-19 season. BGSU ranked first in the MAC in Kenpom’s steal percentage metric, and 132nd in the nation in defensive efficiency. Those numbers took a big-time leap, as in 2017-18, BGSU ranked 10th in the MAC in steal percentage and 233rd nationally in defensive efficiency.
Bowling Green went 22-12 in 2018-19, Stacey’s fourth year as part of Huger’s staff, and reached the MAC Championship Game for just the fourth time in BGSU men’s basketball history. BGSU posted a 12-6 record in Mid-American Conference play, as the Falcons won 12-plus MAC games for just the seventh time in program history.
The Falcons went 14-2 at The Stroh in 2018-19, including a win over No. 18 Buffalo in front of a record-breaking crowd of 5,000 fans. Bowling Green’s 14 home wins established a new arena record for the men’s basketball program.
A 2011 BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and an All-Anderson Team selection, Stacey returned to BGSU following three successful years as a head coach on the prep level in Ohio. Stacey (#34) is also one of only six men's basketball Cast of Honor selections, the most prestigious award that can be presented to a former BGSU student-athlete by the BGSU Athletics Department. Along with Stacey, Antonio Daniels (#33), Howard Komives (#30), James Darrow (#55), Wyndol Gray (#7) and Nate Thurmond (#42) are a part of the Cast of Honor.
Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Stacey played professionally in Spain for over nine seasons (2001-10). A native of Elyria, Ohio, Stacey scored 1,938 career points for the Falcons and also set the school record for career steals with 226. In addition to his point and steal totals, Stacey ended his career with a total of 760 rebounds, ranking seventh on the BGSU list at the time. Stacey scored in double digits in 105 of his 120 career games, with 16 double-doubles, and led the Falcons in scoring in 1999-2000, 1998-99 and in 1995-96. He also led the team in steals in both 1999-2000 and in 1998-99, while earning First-Team All-MAC honors in both of those seasons.
He began his career with a bang, scoring 433 points, which set the school record at the time before Justin Turner scored 492 points in 2017-18. Stacey, along with being named the MAC Freshman of the Year, earned All-MAC Honorable Mention accolades, as well. Stacey became the first freshman to lead the Falcons in scoring by ranking fifth in the MAC with 16.0 points per game and grabbing 7.6 rebounds per contest that year.
As a sophomore, Stacey earned honorable mention All-MAC honors once again to help BGSU capture the league’s regular-season title in 1996-97. He was second on the team in scoring that year with 14.3 points per game and had a total of 72 steals, the third most in program history at that time.
After sitting out the 1997-98 campaign due to injury, Stacey was named to the All-MAC First Team and also earned NABC Second Team honors as a junior, finishing fourth in the MAC in scoring at 18.5 points per game in 1998-99. He was in the league’s top-15 in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and in rebounding, and scored in double digits in 25 of the 27 games on the season.
As a senior in 1999-2000, Stacey earned MAC Player of the Year honors by averaging 16.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He became the BGSU career scoring leader with a field goal early in the second half of a win over Kent State on Feb. 16, 2000. Stacey went on to be a repeat selection to the NABC Second Team that year.
As a player at Midview High School in Grafton, Ohio, Stacey scored 1,720 career points and pulled down 704 rebounds before graduating in 1995. He was a first-team Division I All-Ohio selection as a senior, when he averaged 30.1 points and 13.4 rebounds per game.
Stacey received his bachelor’s degree in interpersonal communications from Bowling Green in 1999.
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