Tom Wilson (American football)

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Name = Tom Wilson
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DateOfBirth = c. 1944
Birthplace = flagicon|Texas Corsicana, TX
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OverallRecord = 21–19
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Years = 1963-1965
Team = Texas Tech
Position = QB
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1966-1972
1975-1978
1978-1981
1984-1985
1986-1992
1993-1999
CoachTeams = Texas Tech (Assist.)
Texas A&M (OC)
Texas A&M
Texas Tech (OC)
Palestine HS
Corsicana HS
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Tom Wilson is a former American football coach. He served as head coach at the high school and collegiate level.

Wilson played quarterback at Corsicana High School under coach Jim Acree and at Texas Tech University under coach J. T. King. Following his graduation in 1966 Wilson became an assistant coach at Texas Tech under King and Jim Carlen, before heading to Texas A&M to join the coaching staff of Emory Bellard. After Bellard resigned midst of the 1978 season, Wilson was appointed head coach of the Aggies. He amassed a mediocre record of 21-19-0 during his three and a half seasons, before being replaced by Jackie Sherrill in 1982.

In 1984 Wilson returned to his alma mater as offensive coordinator under Jerry Moore. Moore had coached Wilson at Corsicana as an assistant under Acree. In 1986, Wilson left the collegiate ranks, coaching at Palestine High School. Finally, in 1993, he took over head coaching duties at his alma mater Corsicana, coaching the Tigers until his retirement in 1999. As a proponent of the running game, Wilson permitted Ketric Sanford to carry the ball 1,058 times during his career at Corsicana (1993-95), which is third all-time in Texas behind Robert Strait and Billy Sims. Wilson guided Corsicana to the 1997 4A Division I state championship game versus Texas City, but lost 34-37.

Record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Texas A&M Aggies
startyear = 1978
conf = Southwest Conference
endyear = 1981CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1978
name = Texas A&M
overall = 4–2*
conference = 3–2*
confstanding = 5^th
bowlname = Hall of Fame Classic
bowloutcome = W
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ranking = 18
ranking2 = 19CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1979
name = Texas A&M
overall = 6–5
conference = 4–4
confstanding = 5^th
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ranking = —
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championship =
year = 1980
name = Texas A&M
overall = 4–7
conference = 3–5
confstanding = 6^th
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ranking = —
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championship =
year = 1981
name = Texas A&M
overall = 7–5
conference = 4–4
confstanding = 5^th
bowlname = Independence Bowl
bowloutcome = W
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name = Texas A&M
overall = 21–19
confrecord = 14–15*Wilson took over from Bellard after 6 gamesCFB Yearly Record End
overall = 21–19
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