Jack Easley - Associate Head Coach - Staff Directory

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Jack Easley

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
Phone:
(515) 294-3444

Jack Easley coached nine seasons on the Cyclone women's basketball staff, including seven as associate head coach, earning the title after two seasons at Iowa State. He joined the Cyclone staff in May 2003 after spending one season as an assistant at Providence College and 19 seasons at Oklahoma State. Easley announced his resignation from the staff following the 2011-12 season.

Easley was been a part of nine postseason appearances with the Cyclones and helped ISU compile a 198-98 overall record. In his tenure, ISU went to the NCAA Championship seven times, including a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2009 and the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2010. ISU has also competed in the Women's National Invitation Tournament twice during Easley's tenure, including the WNIT semifinals in 2003-04.

In his time at Iowa State Easley coached a number of highly successful post players. Easley helped guide Brittany Wilkins to the best season of her career as a senior which sent her on to a professional career in the WNBA and abroad. He also coached Nicky Wieben to All-Big 12 honors. Under his tutelage, Wieben completely rewrote the Iowa State school record for blocked shots and became the 20th player in school history to record 1,000 career points, despite missing a majority of her junior season due to a season-ending injury.

In his final season in Ames, junior Chelsea Poppens earned All-America honors from The Associated Press and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Poppens was the only Big 12 player to average a double-double.

In 2010-11, Hallie Christofferson took home Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors and Poppens was named to the league's all-defensive team.

In 2009-10, Anna Prins was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team under Easley's watch. Prins, Poppens and Amanda Zimmerman each earned Big 12 Freshman-of-the-Week accolades while playing a major role as rookies on a team that finished in second place in the nation's top league. Poppens ranked ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding as a freshman and recorded three games with 14 or more rebounds against Big 12 Conference opponents.

Easley came to the Cyclones as no stranger to Big 12 basketball after spending 19 seasons as an assistant at Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls compiled a 350-244 record during his tenure, including seven 20-win seasons, seven NCAA Championship berths, two WNIT appearances and three Big Eight Conference championships.

The Kansas City, Mo., native started his coaching career at Slater High School in Missouri. He coached the girls basketball team from 1977-79 before moving on to State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Mo., where he served as the head women's coach and assistant men's coach from 1979-83.

Easley was a shooting guard for two years at State Fair CC, where he earned his associate's degree before playing two seasons at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education, with a minor in history, from MVC in 1977. He and his wife, Marla, have three sons: Sam, Lance and Zac, and two grandsons. Sam and Angie have a son (Logan), and Lance and April have a son (Easton).