Chase Slone

Biography

Kentucky hired Wright State Associate Head Coach and Hitting Coach Chase Slone as assistant coach after he played a pivotal role in the Raiders breaking four school records during his short tenure there. He will now be tasked with helping continue Kentucky's impressive offensive versatility that either led or ranked near the top of the Southeastern Conference in most major statistical categories in 2024. His debut season with the Wildcats in 2025 saw Tyler Bell earn Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-America honors. As a team, UK ranked fourth nationally in hit by pitch with a school-record 151 and 30th in stolen bases with 132. In Slone, UK is hiring a rising star in the coaching community who presided over a Raiders offense that was 10th in scoring in Division I in 2024 at nine runs per game. The balanced attack broke the school record for home runs with 112, RBI (473) and runs scored (505). In 223 games under Slone's guidance, Wright State's offense has batted .300 overall, smacked 349 home runs, scored 8.5 runs per game and stolen 357 bases. Slone began his collegiate playing career at Southern Illinois, transferred to Dyersburg State Community College where he hit over .400 and eventually completed his final two seasons at Wright State. With the Raiders, he was a First-Team Horizon League shortstop his first season and Second Team his final season. He played a year of professional baseball before entering the coaching ranks.