Frank Wilson (American football)
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Frank Wilson III (born November 5, 1973) is an
American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coach. He is the associate head coach and running backs coach at
Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...
(LSU). Wilson served as the head football coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from 2016 to 2019 and McNeese State University in
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from 2020 to 2021.


Playing career

Wilson played
college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...
at
Nicholls State University Nicholls State University is a public university in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Founded in 1948, Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System. Originally named Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the university is named for Francis T. Nicholl ...
where he was named honorable mention all-conference as a
running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...
his sophomore year. He was also named preseason all-conference as a defensive back his junior year and as a running back his senior year. Prior to Nicholls State, he played his freshman year at
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, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, where he was named NAIA Division II honorable mention All-American. Wilson graduated from St. Augustine High School in
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Coaching career


High school

Wilson was head football coach at O. Perry Walker High School in
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from 2001 to 2003. While at O. Perry Walker, Wilson led the Chargers to the 2002 Class 4A state finals. He was honored by the NFL as the 2002 Coach of the Year for the state of Louisiana and was voted as the Louisiana Class 4A Coach of the Year by his fellow coaches. Wilson also was a 2002 Nike National Coach of the Year finalist. During his three years at O. Perry Walker, Wilson had 22 players sign Division I scholarships, including 11 in 2002 to rank as the nation’s largest class of Division I signees by any one high school. He also spent three years as an assistant coach at
Edna Karr High School Edna Karr High School is a public, open enrollment, coeducational charter school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school is a college preparatory high school and is a part of InspireNOLA Charter Schools and the New Orleans Public ...
m from 1997 to 2000. Wilson served as Director of Athletics for the New Orleans Public School System in 2004.


Ole Miss

From 2005 to 2007, Wilson was running backs coach at Ole Miss under head coach Ed Orgeron and was a primary character in the book "Meat Market" by Bruce Feldman, which followed Ole Miss through the 2006–07 recruiting season.


Southern Miss

In 2008, Wilson was running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the
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under head coach Larry Fedora.


Tennessee

In 2009, Wilson was wide receivers coach at the
University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...
under head coach
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.


LSU

Prior to taking the UTSA job, Wilson had been running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at
Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...
under head coach Les Miles since 2010. Wilson had also served as the associate head coach for the Tigers. In 2011,
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named Wilson the National Recruiter of the Year. In 2014, NFL.com named Wilson the top recruiter in all of college football. In 2015,
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honored Wilson as the SEC Recruiter of the Year. In 2015, LSU secured a Top 5 recruiting class, according to 247Sports. The achievement marked the first time since 2002–03 that LSU finished with back-to-back Top 5 recruiting classes in America. From 2011–2014, 29 LSU Tigers have been selected in the NFL Draft which ranks second to Alabama (30).


UTSA

On January 14, 2016, Wilson was hired as the new head coach of the UTSA Roadrunners. Wilson replaced Larry Coker, who resigned on January 5. Through two seasons, Wilson has lost just as many games as he has won. Coach Wilson lead UTSA to their first ever bowl game in his first season as coach. Following the season Wilson and his staff secured the #1 ranked recruiting class in C-USA according to the Rivals.com rankings. Wilson's first full class finished 69th in the nation. UTSA had never before finished higher than 103rd prior to this class. He was fired on December 1, 2019. He finished his first stint as a college head coach with a 19-29 record with just four of those wins coming against teams that finished the season with a winning record.


McNeese State

On January 16, 2020, Wilson was hired as the head coach of the
McNeese State Cowboys The McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls are composed of 14 teams representing McNeese State University in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and foot ...
. Wilson replaced Sterlin Gilbert who left McNeese State to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at
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. He resigned on December 7, 2021 after posting a 7-11 record in two seasons.


LSU (second stint)

On December 7, 2021, Wilson was hired as the associate head coach of the
Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...
Tigers. In April 2021, former LSU Assistant Athletic Director of Football Recruiting and Alumni Relations, Sharon Lewis, filed a federal lawsuit against the university for years of harassment for her attempts to report sexual misconduct allegations against players, coaches, and athletic officials. Wilson was named as one of the coaches accused of sexual misconduct during his first tenure with LSU as part of Lewis' lawsuit.


Head coaching record


College


References


External links


UTSA profile

LSU profile
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