Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- apettway@ia.ua.edu
- Phone:
- 205-348-4551
Former Crimson Tide standout Antoine Pettway is in his 12th season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, and his 15th year on the Alabama men’s basketball staff. During his 16 total seasons as a collegiate coach (which includes two years as an assistant coach at Jacksonville State), Pettway has developed a reputation as one of the top recruiters not only in the Southeast, but in the nation as well.
“In getting to know Antoine, he’s one of the best individuals I’ve ever met,” second-year head coach Nate Oats said. “He’s got no ego; he’s not entitled; and he’s got great relationships with our guys. I interviewed all the players when I first got here and the feedback I got on him was that he really cares about each of them. He recruited a lot of them and the fact that he helped sign the three guys coming in was big. I talked to a lot of people about him and it was all great.”
Known as one of the top recruiters in the country, Pettway’s work has taken notice on a national level as he is consistently ranked as one of the top recruiting coaches in the nation. In its most recent national recruiter rankings, 247sports.com listed Pettway as the No. 8 recruiter in the nation for the 2021 class. In 2019, he was the top-rated recruiter in the nation Prior to that, he was ranked No. 3 nationally in 2017 and No. 9 in 2018, making it three consecutive years he has ranked among the top-10 recruiters in the nation.
Under Oats, Pettway has been a big part in the Crimson Tide snagging back-to-back top-10 signing classes in both 2020 (No. 9 Rivals/No. 12 247Sports) and 2021 (No. 9 by 247sports/No. 10 by Rivals.com). In fact, of the eight signed players during Oats’ two seasons at Alabama, four have been five-star prospects while the other four were all rated as four-star signees.
Most recently, Pettway recruited and signed five-star prospect JD Davison who is one of the highest-rated recruits to ever sign with the Alabama men's basketball program, ranking No. 9 overall and the nation’s No. 1 point guard according to 247Sports.com.
Jaden Shackelford our of Hesperia, Calif., who was rated just inside the top-100 rankings, is another diamond found by Pettway. Shackelford went on to a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team in 2019-20 while averaging 15.0 points and 2.7 threes made per game which both ranked among the league leaders. He continues to solidify his development as a sophomore when he finished as the team’s leading scorer at 14.5 ppg.
Pettway played a key role in Alabama 2017 signing class which was ranked as the program’s top recruiting class in school history. That class boasted two players among the top-25 recruits in the country, both five-star recruits as listed by Rivals.com, as well as two four-star players and a three-star, with four of the five signees ranked among the top-100 players in the nation according to the site. Combined, the Crimson Tide signing class was ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation.
Among the signees was Collin Sexton, who Rivals.com ranked as the nation’s No. 7 overall recruit and No. 2 guard in the class of 2017, along with Alabama Mr. Basketball John Petty, who the site ranked as the No. 25 overall player and the No. 11 guard in the nation.
Pettway not only played a big role in the Tide’s most recent signing class, but also played a key part in luring the top recruits in the state of Alabama to the Capstone. Due in large part to his efforts on the recruiting trail, Alabama has signed the No. 1-ranked player in the state in five out of the last nine years (Jimmie Taylor in 2013, Justin Coleman in 2014, Dazon Ingram in 2015, Petty in 2017 and Davison in 2021).
Prior to his role as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide, Pettway spent three seasons as Alabama’s director of operations (2010-13) after serving as an assistant coach at his alma mater for the previous two years (2008-10). The Alberta, Ala., native re-joined the Crimson Tide in the summer of 2008 after a two-year stint on the staff at Jacksonville State.
A former Crimson Tide star player, Pettway’s duties include recruiting, on-court coaching working primarily with the guards, scouting and statistical breakdown, along with other duties assigned by the head coach. He also works with the coaching staff to develop players off the court while assisting in the day-to-day management of the program.
Pettway is a fan-favorite in Tuscaloosa. He was an integral part of Alabama’s NCAA quarterfinal run in 2004, starting every game at point guard. That season marked the third consecutive season in which he led the Tide to the NCAA Tournament.
While attending graduate school in 2005-06, Pettway began his coaching career by serving as an office assistant in the Alabama basketball office, before accepting a full-time position as an assistant coach at Jacksonville State.
Following his graduation from UA with a degree in health management through the school of business, Pettway played professionally for the Huntsville Flight of the NBA Developmental League and the Kentucky Reach of the World Basketball Association, where he was named the league’s 2004 rookie of the year.
Pettway is married to the former Kim Minor, also a University of Alabama graduate. The couple has one son, Kingston, and two daughters, Jana Rae and Summer.
