Interview w/ Coach Jason Allison (Chief of Staff at Drexel)

Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Coach Jason Allison shares his journey from growing up in Lincolnton, North Carolina to becoming a NCAA D1 men's basketball coach.

He was a student-athlete at Liberty University and began his coaching career at Lynchburg Christian Academy. Coach Allison went onto coach at Lees-McRae College, Gaston Day School, and King College prior to joining the coaching staff at VMI.

Allison spent nine seasons in Lexington working under Coach Duggar Baucom as the Associate Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. During his tenure at VMI, he helped lead the Keydets to three appearances in the Big South Tournament title game and to the semifinals of the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Known for their high-octane offense, VMI led the nation in scoring six times. The Keydets eclipsed the 20-win plateau twice in Allison’s nine seasons with the program, a feat that VMI achieved just three times in the 97 years prior.

Coach Jim Fox hired him to be on his coaching staff at Appalachian State and spent his first four seasons as App State as an Assistant Coach, before being promoted to Associate Head Coach for the 2018-19 season. After Dustin Kerns was named the new Head Coach, Allison remained on staff as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach in 2019-20. In 2020 Coach Allison took over the men's golf program at App State and had great success.

This past June he was named the Chief of Staff for Men's Basketball at Drexel under Coach Zach Spiker.

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