Joe Eatmon

On May 1, 2022 Joseph Eatmon Sr. stepped down as Head Men’s Basketball Coach of Shelton State Community College to become the College’s Dean of Community Relations. In his new role Eatmon will focus on building and maintaining relationships between the college and community. Even as Head Men’s Basketball Coach Eatmon played a major role in ensuring the athletic department was actively involved in the community. The Five-time National Junior College Athletic Association Region 22 and District 12 Coach of the Year Joseph Eatmon Sr. finished his sixth season at the helm of the Shelton State men’s basketball program. Eatmon guided the Buccaneers to five Alabama Community College Conference championships and owns a career record of 182-39 overall, including an 162-29 record at Shelton State and an 80-13 mark in ACCC play. A total of 58 student-athletes have graduated and gone on to play for four-year programs since Eatmon arrived in 2012. He has also coached one Region 22 Player of the Year, along with a pair of All-Region 22 First Teamers, two Region 22 North Division First Team selections and four Region 22 North Division Second Team honorees. Eatmon is a 2022 Graduate of Leadership Tuscaloosa and is very active in the Tuscaloosa area serving on the Board of Directors for Temporary Emergency Services, Director of Ministry to Men for the Tuscaloosa District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Barnes YMCA Men’s Club, Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Foundation, Tuscaloosa Branch of the NAACP, Mentor at Tuscaloosa Juvenile Detention Center, along with many other community outreach projects. Eatmon graduated from the University of West Alabama with both a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education as well as a Masters of Art in Teaching degree in education with an emphasis on physical education. Eatmon, his wife (Erica) and their three children (Joseph Jr. 14, Jordyn 12, and Joi 7), reside Tuscaloosa, AL.