Willie J. Slater
Willie James Slater is an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He is the current head football at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, a position he has held since the 2006 season.[1] His teams won the Pioneer Bowl in 2006, 2007, and 2009. In 2007, his undefeated squad was named the black small college football national champions[2] and has shared or outright claimed that crown four times since. Slater was appointed as athletic director at Tuskegee in 2017.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach / athletic director |
| Team | Tuskegee |
| Conference | SIAC |
| Record | 120–39 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Coffeeville, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1977 | Livingston |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978 | Livingston (GA) |
| 1979–1980 | Jess Lanier HS (AL) |
| 1981–1982 | T. R. Miller HS (AL) |
| 1983–1990 | Troy State (OC/RB/QB) |
| 1991 | Livingston (OC) |
| 1992–1999 | North Alabama (OC) |
| 2000–2003 | Jacksonville State (OC) |
| 2004–2005 | Temple (OC/WR) |
| 2006–present | Tuskegee |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2017–present | Tuskegee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 120–39 (college) |
| Bowls | 3–1 |
| Tournaments | 3–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 5 Black college national (2007–2009, 2015–2016) 7 SIAC (2006–2009, 2012, 2014, 2017) 5 SIAC West Division (2012–2014, 2016–2017) | |
| Awards | |
| 5× NCAA Div II Assistant Coach of the Year | |
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuskegee Golden Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2006–present) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 6–2 | 1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 2007 | Tuskegee | 12–0 | 7–0 | 1st | W Pioneer | 1 | |||
| 2008 | Tuskegee | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2009 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 8–1 | 1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 2010 | Tuskegee | 9–2 | 7–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2011 | Tuskegee | 4–6 | 4–2 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2012 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 7–0 | T–1st (West) | L Pioneer | ||||
| 2013 | Tuskegee | 8–3 | 6–1 | T–1st (West) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2014 | Tuskegee | 9–3 | 7–0 | 1st (West) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2015 | Tuskegee | 10–3 | 4–1 | 2nd (West) | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2016 | Tuskegee | 9–3 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| 2017 | Tuskegee | 9–2 | 6–0 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2018 | Tuskegee | 5–5 | 3–3 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Tuskegee | 5–5 | 4–2 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| Tuskegee: | 120–39 | 84–15 | |||||||
| Total: | 120–39 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- Black Sports the Magazine, Tuskegee Chooses Slater as New Football Coach
- BlackAthlete.Net, Tuskegee Declared HBCU National Champions, Dec 19, 2007
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