- Willis Wilson
College coach infobox
Name = Willis Wilson
Sport =Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1960|3|22
Birthplace =Indianapolis, Indiana
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College = Rice
Title = Head coach
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Years = 1978–1982
Team = Rice
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CoachYears = 1985–1986
1986–1987
1987–1991
1991–1992
1992–2008
CoachTeams = Rice (asst.)
Strake Jesuit Prep
Rice (asst.)
Stanford (asst.)
Rice
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BBallHOF =Willis Thomas Wilson, Jr. (born
March 22 ,1960 inIndianapolis ,Indiana ) washead coach of thecollege basketball team atRice 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. [http://www.collegeinsider.com/royale/] [http://www.tbo.com/life/MGB9JZGGRZE.html]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. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/rice/5621847.html] [http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031408aab.html]
External links
* [http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wilson_willis00.html Official Rice bio]
* [http://www.collegeinsider.com/wilson/bio.html Willis Wilson Official Website]
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