| Willie J. Slater | |
| Birth Place: | Coffeeville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1974–1977 |
| Player Team1: | Livingston |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1978 |
| Coach Team1: | Livingston (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1979–1980 |
| Coach Team2: | Jess Lanier HS (AL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1981–1982 |
| Coach Team3: | T. R. Miller HS (AL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1983–1990 |
| Coach Team4: | Troy State (OC/RB/QB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1991 |
| Coach Team5: | Livingston (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1992–1999 |
| Coach Team6: | North Alabama (OC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2000–2003 |
| Coach Team7: | Jacksonville State (OC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team8: | Temple (OC/WR) |
| Coach Years9: | 2006–2021 |
| Coach Team9: | Tuskegee |
| Coach Years10: | 2022–2023 |
| Coach Team10: | Clark Atlanta |
| Admin Years1: | 2017–2021 |
| Admin Team1: | Tuskegee |
| Overall Record: | 126–59 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 3–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 3–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| 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 |
Willie James Slater is an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He was most recently the head football coach for Clark Atlanta University; a position he held from 2022 to 2023.[1] Slater served as the head football coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, from 2006 to 2021. 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 and claimed outright or has shared that crown more times. Slater was appointed as athletic director at Tuskegee in 2017. In December 2021, Tuskegee hired Reginald Ruffin from Miles College to succeed Slater as head football coach and athletic director.[2]