Jason Shay
Jason Shay (born February 15, 1973)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Head coach: Steve Forbes)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coached: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
East Tennessee State record: 13-12 (.520)
Overall record: 13-12 (.520)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Wake Forest (asst) |
| 2022-2023 | Wake Forest (special asst) |
| 2021-2022 | Wake Forest (asst) |
| 2020-2021 | East Tennessee State |
| 2015-2020 | East Tennessee State (asst) |
| 2013-2015 | North Dakota (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Northwest Florida State (asst) |
| 2005-2011 | Tennessee (asst) |
| 2003-2005 | Milwaukee (asst) |
| 2001-2003 | Milwaukee (DBO) |
| 1999-2001 | Mercyhurst College (asst) |
Jason Shay Facts
- Jason Shay
- Born February 15, 1973
- Hometown: Galesburg, Illinois
- Alma Mater: University of Iowa (BA, 1995) / Western Illinois University (MA, 1998)
- Was a walk-on at Iowa, spending four seasons on the Hawkeyes where he was coached by Tom Davis
- Started his career as an assistant coach and SID at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania
- Joined Bruce Pearl‘s staff at Milwaukee in 2001 as DBO and was elevated to assistant coach in 2003
- Followed Pearl to Tennessee in 2005, spending six seasons as an assistant coach with the Vols
- In 10 years with Pearl, Shay was part of eight NCAA Tournaments and five conference regular season titles
- After Pearl was fired in 2011, Shay joined the staff of his fellow Tennessee assistant Steve Forbes at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, FL; the Raiders were in 62-6 in the two seasons that Forbes and Shay were there
- Hired by Brian Jones in 2013 to be an assistant coach at North Dakota, coaching at UND for two seasons
- Reunited with Forbes in 2015, becoming an assistant coach at East Tennessee State
- After five successful years in which the Bucs were 130-43 and won two SoCon titles, Forbes left for Wake Forest and Shay was tabbed to be the Bucs’ next head coach
- In March 2021, Shay resigned from his position after just one season; the Bucs went 13-12 in the COVID-shortened season
- Again reunited with Steve Forbes in 2021, joining his coaching staff at Wake Forest
Jason Shay Coaching Tree
- Greg Heiar (New Mexico State, Northwest Florida State)
