Men's Basketball

Blake Gray is in his third year as an assistant coach for the Tech men's basketball program after being promoted in July 2021. Gray joined the Golden Eagle staff as the director of basketball operations in April 2019, following the hiring of Pelphrey earlier in the month, and served in that position for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 campaigns.

Prior to his arrival in Cookeville, Gray served on staff at the University of Alabama for four seasons, including the final three with Pelphrey (the Crimson Tide's associate head coach from 2016-19). His role as director of player development spanned his final two seasons in Tuscaloosa.

During those two seasons, he was responsible for the monitoring and coordination of the student-athletes' complete schedules, both on and off the court. Gray also assisted the coaching staff in-game preparation, video evaluation, and player development edits, while aiding in the formulation of game plans and scouting reports, among other duties.

Before taking over as the director of player development, he spent two seasons as a graduate manager for the Alabama program, where he played a role in film breakdown, opponent scouting, overseeing managers, recruiting mailouts and other duties as assigned by the coaching staff.

Gray was no stranger to the Crimson Tide program, serving for four years as a student manager, including his last two seasons as one of the team's head managers. In that role, Gray helped coordinate schedules for practice times and individual workouts. He was also in charge of scheduling, practice setup, and anything else assigned by the coaching staff.

During the summer of 2013, Gray embarked on an internship at Nike Headquarters where he worked primarily with the Jordan Brand Global marketing team.

The Huntsville, Ala., native earned both his undergraduate and master's degrees from Alabama, receiving his bachelor's in accounting in 2014 and his master's in sports management in 2015. Gray completed a second master's degree in marketing analytics, graduating in May of 2017.

Gray married his wife, the former Lauren Hamley, in August 2023. The couple resides in Cookeville.