Joshua Blaylock

Fort Lewis College Athletics

Title

Director of Player Development

Blaylock, Fort Lewis' first-ever two-time All-American and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year in the same season, returned to his Alma Mater as a volunteer assistant coach in the summer of 2024. The 2025-26 season will mark his second on staff for the Skyhawks.

In 2024-25, Blaylock assisted a first-year coaching staff that maintained the program's winning ways, carrying a 19-12 overall record and a 12-8 mark in RMAC play, earning a trip back to the RMAC Tournament. The Skyhawks routed Western Slope rival Colorado Mesa 89-65 on the road in the opening round before falling to Regis 69-62 in the RMAC Tournament Semifinals. On a national scale, Fort Lewis ranked second in steals per game (12.5), sixth in turnovers forced per game (19.35), and seventh in turnover margin (+6.9) across all of NCAA Division II. Three Skyhawks later garnered All-RMAC honors, including Biko Johnson (First-Team), Chuol Deng (Second-Team), and Tru Allen (Honorable Mention).

Most notably, Blaylock is remembered by the Skyhawks faithful for knocking down a pair of free throws in the 2016 RMAC Tournament Championship at home in Whalen Gymnasium with :00.7 seconds to secure a 73-72 win over Colorado School of Mines thus capturing the program's third-ever sweep over the RMAC Regular Season and Conference Tournament Championships.

A member of the Skyhawks from 2015-17, Blaylock was a two-time All-American in 2016-17 (National Association of Basketball Coaches & DII Bulletin), a three-time First-Team All-Region selection, a two-time First-Team All-RMAC selection, and was named the RMAC Player of the Year in 2016-17.

Blaylock ranks 16th in career scoring (1,266 points), 23rd in made field goals (396), tied for fourth in made three-pointers (199), 13th in made free-throws (275), 25th in assists (182), and ranks first in career points for Skyhawks to play just two seasons up on the rim.