Tony Oglesby starts his sixth season with the Miles College Golden Bears. After his first season, he was named the Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Line Coach.
Oglesby coached 2015 All-American defensive end Braysean Jones and brings with him an unparalleled work ethic, smarts for the game and an aggressive style of defense. He has been a part of two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships at Miles as well as the school’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2012. In 2010, he was on the University of West Alabama coaching staff that made their first NCAA Playoff appearance since 1975.
Oglesby also mentored defensive linemen and inside linebackers while serving as co-defensive coordinator at North Greenville Junior College in 1990. He coached linebackers and defensive ends for six-years at Gulf South Conference rival West Georgia; where he appeared in the NCAA Division II Playoffs twice. Later he had a stint in 1997 at the University of West Alabama.
Oglesby was a four-time letterman and three-year starter at linebacker for Livingston University, now known as the University of West Alabama, from 1983-86. He remained there serving as a student assistant from 1987-88 and a graduate assistant in charge of outside linebackers in 1989.
Oglesby had an outstanding prep career at Elberton County High School, where he earned High School All-State Honors while registering 210 tackles as a senior linebacker.
The Elberton, Georgia, native earned a bachelor of science Degree Health Education from Livingston University in 1986. He has three children, Tieshia, Tandika and Tony, Jr.Â
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