Men's Basketball
Veasley, Will
Will Veasley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- willie.veasley@siu.edu
In his first season with Saluki basketball, Will Veasley was named an assistant under Scott Nagy in April of 2024. No stranger to the Missouri Valley Conference, Veasley was most recently an assistant coach at UIC for the last three seasons under Luke Yaklich during UIC's transition to The Valley.
Prior to his time in Chicago, Veasley joined the staff at North Dakota State as an assistant coach before the start of the 2016-17 campaign and helped turn the Bison into one of the top teams in the Summit League. NDSU posted winning records in three of Veasley's four years, highlighted by back-to-back conference championships.
During the 2018-19 year, the Bison captured the conference title and defeated North Carolina Central in the NCAA First Four before falling to eventual Elite 8 participant Duke. The Bison repeated as conference champions and were bound for the NCAA Tournament once more after compiling a 25-8 record and a 13-3 mark in league play during the 2019-20 season.
Veasley is the all-time winningest player in Butler history and was a starter on the Bulldogs' 2010 national runner-up team. As a four-year letterwinner at Butler, Veasley helped his team make four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Final Four run in 2010. Veasley and the Bulldogs were the regular-season Horizon League champions for four straight years and won the Horizon League Tournament in 2008 and 2010.
Following his collegiate career, Veasley played professionally for two years in Japan and in the NBA D-League before transitioning into coaching. He spent one season as the video coordinator at IUPUI (2012-13).
A native of Freeport, Ill., Veasley earned a degree in digital media production from Butler in 2010. He and his wife, Emily, have a son, Creighton, and a daughter, Dru.
Prior to his time in Chicago, Veasley joined the staff at North Dakota State as an assistant coach before the start of the 2016-17 campaign and helped turn the Bison into one of the top teams in the Summit League. NDSU posted winning records in three of Veasley's four years, highlighted by back-to-back conference championships.
During the 2018-19 year, the Bison captured the conference title and defeated North Carolina Central in the NCAA First Four before falling to eventual Elite 8 participant Duke. The Bison repeated as conference champions and were bound for the NCAA Tournament once more after compiling a 25-8 record and a 13-3 mark in league play during the 2019-20 season.
Veasley is the all-time winningest player in Butler history and was a starter on the Bulldogs' 2010 national runner-up team. As a four-year letterwinner at Butler, Veasley helped his team make four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Final Four run in 2010. Veasley and the Bulldogs were the regular-season Horizon League champions for four straight years and won the Horizon League Tournament in 2008 and 2010.
Following his collegiate career, Veasley played professionally for two years in Japan and in the NBA D-League before transitioning into coaching. He spent one season as the video coordinator at IUPUI (2012-13).
A native of Freeport, Ill., Veasley earned a degree in digital media production from Butler in 2010. He and his wife, Emily, have a son, Creighton, and a daughter, Dru.
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