Chase Slone enters his fourth year as an assistant coach at Wright State. His duties include coaching hitters, offensive player development, and coaching infielders. After originally joining the Raider staff in 2020, he was elevated to associate head coach ahead of the 2024 season.
"Chase is a major part of this program. He was a talented player here and he has become an invaluable part of this program," head coach Alex Sogard said. "Over the last four and a half years, he has meant a lot to our organization and his impact on our student-athletes is second to none. His ability to connect and develop our players is part of what makes him special. He is an outstanding person that is also such a great baseball mind. I am excited to see the continued impact he will have on our program, and he has earned the opportunity to be our new associate head coach."
"Chase was arguably the best defensive shortstop the program has ever had," Sogard added. "He is as good a baseball mind as anyone I know. His passion for the game is second to none and he will help to develop our players as well as anyone. Chase is a superstar young coach and we are fortunate to have him in our program."
Since joining the coaching staff, Wright State has earned three straight Horizon League regular season championships, three consecutive Horizon League Championship titles, and three trips to the NCAA Tournament.
In 2023, Slone coached the Raider offense to top-50 national offensive marks in sacrifice flies (5th, 39), doubles (9th, 141), triples (18th, 20), and stolen bases (24th, 110) while finishing just outside the top 50 in walks (52nd, 302) and runs scored (57th, 441).
Under the guidance of Slone, outfielder Andrew Patrick shattered the single-season home run record with 20 while also becoming the year’s first player in NCAA Division I baseball with 20-plus doubles, 20-plus homers, and 30-plus stolen bases.
In Slone’s second year at Wright State in 2022, the Raiders broke a single-season school record in home runs (81). Gehrig Anglin tied a single-season home run record with 16 on the season. Outfielder Alec Sayre earned Horizon League Player of the Year honors and was selected in the 17th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins.
The 2021 season was Slone’s first year as the hitting coach for the Raiders. In 2021, the Raiders led the nation in Batting Average, On-Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage, and Scoring at 10.5 runs per game. The Raiders were also second in the nation in Runs, fourth in Doubles, seventh in Walks, ninth in Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio, 16th in Stolen Bases, and 20th in Home Runs. The Raider offense broke the single season Wright State records for Batting Average (.339), Slugging Percentage (.579), On-Base Percentage (.447), Runs (502), Home Runs (78), RBI (456), Strikeouts (443).
The Murfreesboro, Tennessee native began his college playing career at Southern Illinois University where he was the Baseball America Pre-Season Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year. He started every game at shortstop while hitting .270 and committing only five errors at shortstop.
He then transferred to Dyersburg State Community College in Tennessee, where he hit over .400 while playing every game at shortstop and leading Dyersburg State to a 48-9 record and its first ever appearance in the NJCAA World Series.
Slone then came to Wright State to become the shortstop for the Raiders. In 2018, Slone was voted First Team All-Horizon League and helped lead the team to a conference title and bid to the Stanford Regional. In 2019, Slone was voted Second Team All-Horizon League and helped the Raiders to a regular season Horizon League title and over 40 wins.
After graduating from Wright State, Slone signed a professional contract with the Washington Wild Things, a member of the Frontier League.
Slone earned an Associates Degree in General Studies from Dyersburg State Community College in 2017 and a Bachelors Degree in Organizational Leadership from Wright State University in 2019.
