Bio

Deshon Portley is in his second season as an assistant coach for the Roadrunners.

Portley helped SFCC to an 11-19 record and an appearance in the Region 16 Tournament semi-final during the 2023-2024 season, his first at SFCC.

 Portley brings experience as an assistant coach and student-athlete at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming to the position. He also spent time as a student-athlete and assistant coach at Southern Nazarene University, a NCAA Division II University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Portley has also been a coach on the AAU circuit.

Portley most recently served as an assistant coach at Laramie County Community College from 2021 to 2023, where he was responsible for recruiting, film sessions, and on the court practices. He was also responsible for academic monitoring. The team finished the semester with a 3.0 grade point average. He handled scouting and game plan preparation for the student-athletes and the head coach, as well as team travel.

Portley also served as an assistant coach for Southern Nazarene University from 2017 to 2020. During that span, he helped Southern Nazarene to a pair of conference regular season and tournament championships.

He provided coaching and instruction at Southern Nazarene for on-the-floor practice sessions, as well as assisted with the administration of events. Portley performed video analysis of team game film and film from other universities. He was also responsible for individual and team workouts. Portley recruited prospective student-athletes and provided tours of campus facilities for potential recruits. Portley served as the head coach for the junior varsity during the 2019-2020 season and led his team to an 8-1 record and the team averaged 90 points a game.

Portley began his career as a collegiate student-athlete at Laramie County Community College, where he finished as the program's second-leading scorer with 1,221 career points. As a freshman, Portley averaged 18.7 points, 5.1 assists, and 3.6 rebounds. The former guard averaged 21.3 points per game as a sophomore in 2013-14, the seventh-best single-season average in program history. Portley also holds the program record for free throw percentage in a single season, shooting .870 percent from the line in the 2012-13 season. He was a two-time all-region selection. Portley was also named an NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention.

Portley transferred to Southern Nazarene where he played in 50 games. Portley made 110 three-point field goals, the 17th most in program history. He earned All-Great American Conference recognition as a junior and senior.

Portley earned a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Southern Nazarene.