Damon Wilson is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Wilson was previously the head football coach at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland for 12 years, from 2009 through May 2022.[1] Wilson played college football at Bowie State, earning all-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) honors in 1997 and 1998.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Morgan State |
| Conference | MEAC |
| Record | 8–13 |
| Playing career | |
| 1997–1998 | Bowie State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2003 | Bowie State (assistant) |
| 2004–2006 | Texas Southern (assistant) |
| 2007 | Bowie State (RB/ST) |
| 2008 | Prairie View A&M (RB) |
| 2009–2021 | Bowie State |
| 2022–present | Morgan State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 97–58 |
| Tournaments | 3–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 black college national (2018–2019) 3 CIAA (2018–2019, 2021) 7 CIAA Northern Division (2009–2010, 2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× CIAA Coach of the Year (2015, 2019, 2021) | |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie State Bulldogs (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2009–2021) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Bowie State | 6–5 | 5–2 | T–1st (Northern) | |||||
| 2010 | Bowie State | 6–4 | 6–1 | T–1st (Northern) | |||||
| 2011 | Bowie State | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–3rd (Northern) | |||||
| 2012 | Bowie State | 5–5 | 2–5 | 5th (Northern) | |||||
| 2013 | Bowie State | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–3rd (Northern) | |||||
| 2014 | Bowie State | 5–5 | 5–2 | T–2nd (Northern) | |||||
| 2015 | Bowie State | 9–3 | 7–0 | 1st (Northern) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2016 | Bowie State | 7–4 | 6–1 | 1st (Northern) | |||||
| 2017 | Bowie State | 9–2 | 6–1 | 2nd (Northern) | L NCAA Division II First Round | 23 | |||
| 2018 | Bowie State | 10–3 | 5–1 | T–1st (Northern) | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Bowie State | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st (Northern) | L NCAA Division II First Round | 18 | |||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Bowie State | 12–2 | 7–0 | 1st (Northern) | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
| Bowie State: | 89–45 | 62–21 | |||||||
| Morgan State Bears (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Morgan State | 4–7 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2023 | Morgan State | 4–6 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2024 | Morgan State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Morgan State: | 8–13 | 5–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 97–58 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Gaither, Steven (May 25, 2022). "Morgan State to name Damon Wilson as head coach, per sources". hbcugameday.com. iOne Digital Network. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Bowie State names Wilson football coach". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. April 3, 2009. p. D2. Retrieved January 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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