Jason Shay

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Jason Shay
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
Team Wake Forest
Conference ACC
Biographical details
Born (1973-02-15) February 15, 1973 (age 50)
Galesburg, Illinois
Playing career
1991–1995 Iowa
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001 Mercyhurst College (assistant)
2003–2005 Milwaukee (assistant)
2005–2011 Tennessee (assistant)
2011–2013 Northwest Florida State (assistant)
2013–2015 North Dakota (assistant)
2015–2020 East Tennessee State (assistant)
2020–2021East Tennessee State
2021–present Wake Forest (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2001–2003 Milwaukee (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall13–12 (.520)

Jason Shay (born February 15, 1973) is the former men's college basketball head coach for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers. Prior to coming to Johnson City, Shay held assistant coaching stints at University of North Dakota, Northwest Florida State College, University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Mercyhurst (Pa.) College. Throughout those stops, Shay had a streak of helping lead teams to nine consecutive postseason berths at the Division I level, including Tennessee's first-ever trip to the Elite Eight in 2010 and a Sweet 16 run at Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2005. [1]

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Early life

A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Shay was a walk-on at the University of Iowa for Dr. Tom Davis where he earned his bachelor's degree in health promotion in 1995. Shay then graduated with a master's degree from Western Illinois University in 1998. [2]

Coaching career

Early career

Shay began his coaching career at Mercyhurst where he spent two years as an assistant coach and also assisted in the sports information office. Shay's first Division I assistant coaching job came at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was first the director of basketball operations for two seasons (2001–03) before being elevated to a full-time assistant prior to the 2003–04 season. The Panthers advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both of his seasons as an assistant coach before the staff moved on to Tennessee for the 2005–06 season. During his tenure in Knoxville, the Volunteers advanced to six consecutive NCAA Tournaments, which included the Elite Eight run in 2010. The Volunteers also won the outright Southeastern Conference Championship in 2008 – for the first time in 41 years – and UT averaged more than 25 wins per season during his time on the staff, including grabbing the No. 1 ranking for the first time in program history in 2008. Following a six-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee, he spent two seasons at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida. During his time at Northwest Florida, the Raiders went 62–6, while winning consecutive Panhandle Conference Championships and back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Division I National Championship game. He was also an assistant at University of North Dakota from 2013 to 2015. [2]

East Tennessee State

Shay spent the five seasons as the ETSU Buccaneers’ assistant coach where ETSU compiled an overall record of 130–43. The 130 wins are the most over a five-year run in program history, while ranking 15th nationally since the start of the 2015–16 season. The Bucs also won two Southern Conference regular season championships, two SoCon Tournament championships and made two NCAA Tournament appearances. This past season, the Buccaneers set a program-record with 30 wins, becoming just the fourth team in SoCon history to accomplish the feat. In 2017–18, the Blue and Gold tied the school record by winning 16 straight games – a streak that was the longest in the country at one point that season. [2] He helped ETSU finish with a school-record 30–4 in 2019–20. [3]

On May 6, 2020, Shay was named the new head coach of the East Tennessee State men's basketball team. He was the 17th head coach in the program's 100-year history, and was hired after former coach Steve Forbes left for Wake Forest. [4]

On March 30, 2021 Shay resigned as head men’s basketball coach at ETSU. [5]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
East Tennessee State (Southern Conference)(2020–2021)
2020–21 East Tennessee State 13–128–75th
East Tennessee State:13–12 (.520)8–7 (.533)
Total:13–12 (.520)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Shay and his wife, Jana, have a daughter, Peija; and a son Joah. Shay is the brother of Bettendorf High School athletics director Zach Shay. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jason Shay". etsubucs.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jason Shay". etsubucs.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Cobb, David; Norlander, Matt (May 6, 2020). "College basketball coaching changes tracker: East Tennessee State stays in-house for Steve Forbes' replacement". CBS Sports . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ "East Tennessee State promotes Jason Shay to replace Steve Forbes". ESPN . Associated Press. May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ Avento, Joe (March 30, 2021). "Shay resigns as Bucs basketball coach". Kingsport Times-News . Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jason Shay takes reins at East Tennessee State". The Hawk Eye. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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