Leon Douglas

Leon Douglas (born August 26, 1954) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. A 6–10 ft, 230 lb center for the Alabama Crimson Tide, he was a four-time All-Southeastern Conference selection and became the first Crimson Tide player to achieve this distinction since Jerry Harper earned it in 1953–1956.

Leon Douglas

Personal information
Born	(1954-08-26) August 26, 1954 Leighton, Alabama
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Colbert County (Leighton, Alabama)
College	Alabama (1972–1976)
NBA draft	1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career	1976–1992
Position	Center
Number	13
Career history
As player:
1976–1980	Detroit Pistons
1980–1982	Kansas City Kings
1982–1983	Carrera Venezia
1983–1984	CSP Limoges
1984–1987	Yoga Bologna
1987–1991	Maltinti / Kleenex Pistoia
1992	Majestic Firenze
As coach:
2004–2006	Stillman College
2005	Magic City Court Kings
2006–2014	Tuskegee
2014–2017	Miles
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1975) Second-team All-American – NABC (1976) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1976) First-team Parade All-American (1972)
Career NBA and Serie A statistics
Points	6,977 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds	6,098 (8.5 rpg)
Assists	768 (1.1 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Representing  United States Men's basketball Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Team competition

Douglas was the first Crimson Tide player to be selected in the first round of a NBA draft when he was selected fourth overall by the Detroit Pistons in 1976.[1] He was noted as one of the Pistons 5 top worst draft picks. He went on to play for four years with the Pistons and then joined the Kansas City Kings from 1980 to 1983.[1] Douglas was a member of the United States basketball team that won a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. He played in the Italian league for more than a decade. Douglas' career led to his induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[1]

After his retirement from playing, Douglas began his basketball coaching career.[2] He was hired by Stillman College in his native Alabama as the head basketball coach on May 5, 2004.[2] Douglas spent the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons as the head coach at Stillman, where he led the Tigers to the 2006 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament.[1] He left Stillman on July 17, 2006, to become the head basketball coach at Tuskegee University.[1] The Tuskegee Golden Tigers advanced to the Elite Eight in the 2014 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament as the furthest an SIAC school has ever advanced in the tournament.[3] After many years of infidelity he was forced to resign from Tuskegee in 2014. with no where else to go he landed at antother SIAC school.l[3]

He was hired as the head basketball coach atl Miles College on July 31, 2014, as his 3rd SIAC school.[4] He was fired by Miles as coach after his third season in 2017.[5] In 12 seasons as a head coach, he has a 173–176 record coaching at Stillman, Tuskegee and Miles.