VMI Athletics

Jason Slay enters his second season as an assistant coach with VMI basketball. 

He came to Lexington with SoCon experience from conference rival East Tennessee State University where he spent the 2014-15 season. Slay also served as an assistant coach at Tennessee State University in 2013-14 and was the Director of Basketball Operations at Georgia Southern when it was in the SoCon in 2012-13. Prior to working in the college ranks, Slay was the top assistant coach at Hargrave Military Academy where he coached 10 players that signed national letters of intent to Division I programs. He also served as the team’s director of individual development and summer training and the Tigers finished with a 38-8 record and made the National Prep Showcase Elite 8 in 2012-13.

Slay also coached four years (2008-2012) at his alma mater of West Virginia State serving as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator and was a part of two West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. He received his undergraduate degree in General Education in 2008.

As a college player at West Virginia State, Slay was a four-time captain and two-year starter and helped guide his team to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16 in 2004, 2006, and 2007.) He recived a degree in General Education in 2008.

Slay’s family has deep basketball ties as older brother Tamar played at Marshall and in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets after being drafted in the second round. His cousin, Ron, also played for Tennessee and made a trip to the Sweet 16 as a freshman in 2000.