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.
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.