Willis Wilson
Willis Thomas Wilson Jr. (born March 22, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team. He previously served an assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team. Wilson was head men's basketball coach of at Rice University for 16 seasons, from 1992 to 2008.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 124–133 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 22, 1960 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1982 | Rice |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1986 | Rice (assistant) |
| 1986–1987 | Strake Jesuit Prep |
| 1987–1991 | Rice (assistant) |
| 1991–1992 | Stanford (assistant) |
| 1992–2008 | Rice |
| 2009–2011 | Memphis (assistant) |
| 2011–present | Texas A&M–CC |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2018 | Texas A&M–CC (interim AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 342–380 (college) |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NIT) 6–4 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| WAC Co-Coach of the Year (1999) Ben Jobe Award (2014) | |
A former basketball letterwinner and 1982 graduate from Rice, Wilson served as an assistant at Rice in the 1980s and as an assistant at Stanford University in 1991. He became head coach at Rice in 1992. During his 16 years as head coach at Rice, Wilson became winningest coach in Rice basketball history.[1] After a 3–27 record in 2007–08, Rice athletic director Chris Del Conte announced on March 14, 2008 that Wilson would not be retained for the next season.[2][3]
On April 17, 2009, Wilson was hired by Memphis head coach Josh Pastner as an assistant.[4]
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1992–1996) | |||||||||
| 1992–93 | Rice | 18–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 1993–94 | Rice | 15–14 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1994–95 | Rice | 15–13 | 8–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1995–96 | Rice | 14–14 | 5–9 | 5th | |||||
| Rice Owls (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–2005) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | Rice | 12–15 | 6–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Rice | 6–22 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Rice | 18–10 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1999–00 | Rice | 5–22 | 1–13 | 8th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Rice | 14–16 | 5–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Rice | 10–19 | 5–13 | 8th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Rice | 19–10 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2003–04 | Rice | 22–11 | 12–6 | T–3rd | NIT Opening Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | Rice | 19–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | NIT Opening Round | ||||
| Rice Owls (Conference USA) (2005–2008) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Rice | 12–16 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Rice | 16–16 | 8–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Rice | 3–27 | 0–16 | 12th | |||||
| Rice: | 218–247 (.469) | 107–141 (.431) | |||||||
| Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Southland Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 6–24 | 4–12 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2012–13 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 6–23 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 18–16 | 14–4 | 2nd | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 20–14 | 13–5 | T–3rd | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 25–8 | 15–3 | 2nd | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 24–12 | 12–6 | T–2nd | CIT Runner-up | ||||
| 2017–18 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 11–18 | 8–10 | T–8th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 14–18 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| Texas A&M Corpus Christi: | 124–133 (.482) | 80–62 (.563) | |||||||
| Total: | 342–380 (.474) | ||||||||
References
- http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wilson_willis00.html
- http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/rice/5621847.html
- http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031408aab.html
- http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/apr/17/willis-wilson-glynn-cyprien-hired-memphis-tiger-as/