Willis Wilson
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| Willis Wilson | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Rice | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | March 22, 1960 | |
| Place of birth | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1978–1982 | Rice | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1991 1991–1992 1992–2008 |
Rice (asst.) Strake Jesuit Prep Rice (asst.) Stanford (asst.) Rice |
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Willis Thomas Wilson, Jr. (born March 22, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was head coach of the college basketball team at Rice University for 16 seasons. By virtue of his tenure at Rice, he is both the winningest (219 wins) and losingest coach (246 losses) in school history.
A former basketball letterwinner at Rice, Wilson started his head coaching career at Rice in 1992. During his tenure, he was a two-time winner of the Fashionable 4, which awards a bobble-head doll to the coach it deems to be the best dressed in Division I college basketball. He won for the first time in 2002 and won his second title in 2007. He is also the only coach to reach the Fashionable 4 all 10 years of its existence. [1] [2]
After a 3-27 record in 2007-2008, Rice Athletics Director Chris Del Conte announced on March 14, 2008 that Wilson would not be "retained" for the next season. [3][4]
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| Preceded by Scott Thompson |
Rice Owls Men's Basketball Coach 1993–2008 |
Succeeded by Ben Braun |
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