Josh Ashley completed his seventh season as assistant women's basketball coach at North Alabama in 2023-24. On March 11, 2024, Ashley was named interim head coach. He came to UNA after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at West Texas A&M, where he helped lead the Lady Buffs to an appearance in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.
While at WTAMU, Ashley helped with recruiting and scouting reports as the Lady Buffs won a conference championship in the 2015-16 season before winning the NCAA South Central Region title the following year.
Ashley was also an assistant coach at Eastern Oklahoma State College in August 2012 and helped lead the Lady Mountaineers to a 21-12 record in the 2014-15 campaign.
From 2010-12, he spent two seasons as the men's basketball graduate assistant at Angelo State, where he helped with on-the-floor recruiting and administrative duties. He also assisted the men's basketball strength and conditioning program. He earned his master's degree in coaching, sports recreation and fitness administration in August of 2012.
Ashley graduated from Tarleton State with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports studies in December of 2008. While at TSU, he interned with the strength and conditioning program and worked with track and field, basketball, baseball and football.
He is a native of Kilgore, Texas, where he starred in both football and basketball at Kilgore High School. He and his wife Tish have three children, Josiah, Kaleb and Nathan.
