Assistant Coaches

Wilson has guided the Warriors to back-to-back appearances in the PSAC playoffs for the first time in more than a decade. The 2006-07 followed up a 16-12 campaign the previous year with an 18-10 record, the first time ESU has put together consecutive years with at least 16 victories since the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons.

Wilson returned to ESU in 2002 after spending six seasons as associate head coach at Lehigh University, which competes in the Division I Patriot League.

ESU averaged 6.5 wins per season in the four years prior to Wilson's arrival. The Warriors posted an 8-18 record in his first year and have steadily improved ever since thanks to an aggressive, 94-foot style of basketball that has been a trademark of Wilson's teams.

The Warriors have been at or near the top of the PSAC in scoring offense, field goal defense and turnovers created over the past five years. In 2006-07, ESU ranked in the top four in the conference in 12 of 17 categories, including three-point percentage (1st), three–point percentage defense (2nd), scoring margin (3rd), rebounding margin (3rd), turnover margin (3rd) and scoring (4th).

Individual accomplishments during Wilson's tenure include four All-PSAC selections. Danny Hargrove was named to the first team in 2005-06, and Rich Baker (2003-04), Anthony Ross (2004-05) and Darron Bradley (2006-07) were on the second team to give the Warriors an all–conference player in each of the last four years.

Last season, junior Channon Easley had 11 double-doubles and was third in the PSAC and 21st in Division II with 2.1 blocked shots per game. Senior point guard Murvin English finished his career ranked eighth in school history in career assists and in the top five in career free throw and three-point percentage.

Wilson has built the program with strong recruiting classes and has also played a challenging schedule which has included Division I opponents Bucknell, Lehigh, Penn State and Temple. Several assistant coaches under Wilson have moved on to Division I programs as well, including Drew Dawson (2003-04) who is the top assistant coach at Lafayette, and William Faulkner (2004-05) who is an assistant at Jacksonville University.

Wilson has been a member of the ESU basketball program for 19 of the last 25 years, dating to his career as a player from 1982-86. He joined the coaching staff the next season and was the top assistant coach on the Warriors' only PSAC championship team in 1989-90. The team returned to campus this fall to be inducted into the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame, only the fifth team to receive the honor.