Isaiah Gray is in his first year on the coaching staff at Butler and will work with the defensive backs.

Gray comes to Butler after having coached the last two seasons at Ellsworth Community College and prior to that spent the 2019 season at Highland.

In his three seasons as an assistant coach, Gray has coached multiple All-Americans and most recently the ICCAC Defensive Player of the Year at Ellsworth.

Gray played at Highland Community College from 2016-18 and finished his playing career at the University of Central Oklahoma where he also earned his bachelor’s degree. 

As a player, Gray had 83 tackles in two seasons at defensive back for the Scotties, while also impacting the punt and kick return game by returning kicks. His freshman campaign he played 11 games and finished as the third leading tackler for the Scotties, while his sophomore season he earned All-KJCCC honors. On top of his 83 tackles, Gray had 3.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions and 13 pass breakups, playing in 18 total games at Highland. After Highland Gray transferred to Division II University of Central Oklahoma where he recorded six tackles and two pass breakups in three games. 

Gray is the younger brother of Butler Defensive Backs coach Maurice Gray and resides in El Dorado.