Gay Elmore is an American former basketball player known for his career at Virginia Military Institute between 1983–84 and 1986–87.

During his career, Elmore scored a then-school record 2,423 points in 113 games, which at the time of his graduation was also the fourth-highest total in Southern Conference history.

As a sophomore in 1984–85 he scored 17 points in the championship game of the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, but the Keydets lost to Marshall, 70–65.

After averaging 25.5 points per game during his senior season, the Milwaukee Bucks selected Elmore in the sixth round (133rd overall) of the 1987 NBA draft, although he never ended up playing in the league.

His son Jon Elmore played college basketball at Marshall University (2015–19) and became Conference USA's all-time leading scorer.