Jason Shay

Biography

Jason Shay joined the Demon Deacons coaching staff on June 1, 2021. While helping student-athletes achieve their goals on and off the floor, Jason Shay is a veteran coach that has been a part of one Elite Eight appearance, three Sweet 16 runs, 10 NCAA Tournaments and five conference championships in his 22 years as a collegiate coach. Head coach Steve Forbes and Shay spent 12 seasons working together at East Tennessee State (2015-2020), Northwest Florida State College (2011-13) and Tennessee (2006-11) where the duo led those institutions to an astounding 315-101 overall record, which was an average of 26 wins per season. During the 2025-26 season, Shay helped Wake Forest earn 18 victories include two in postseason play as Wake Forest earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT. Individually, Juke Harris was named ACC Most Improved Player, All-ACC second-team and NABC All-South Atlantic District first-team while Myles Colvin earned ACC Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week honors. In 2024-25, Shay helped lead the Demon Deacons to 21 victories overall and the program’s first-ever double bye in the ACC Tournament. With 13 ACC victories – tied for the most in a single season in school history and the second time in four seasons the Deacs have hit that mark – Wake Forest earned its highest regular season finish since the 2008-09 campaign. Wake Forest matched the school record for road ACC victories with six, as the Demon Deacons defeated Syracuse, Miami, Virginia T