John Wilson, Sr., begins his second year as an assistant coach after four years as a volunteer assistant coach for the Lock Haven University men’s basketball team.

A 40-year veteran of the coaching realm, Wilson Sr. earned induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, the Anderson Black Expo Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Anderson University Hall of Fame. He spent 20 years as a coach and Athletics Director at Malcolm X College in Chicago, I., compiling an impressive 378-135 (.737) record on the court. In 10 years of high school coaching he recorded an equally remarkable overall mark of 139-59 (.702).

Wilson Sr. brings an abundance of professional experience, having played for the Harlem Globetrotters (1949-54) and playing professional baseball with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro Baseball League in 1949.  He was a two-time All-American and three-time all-state basketball player for Anderson University, and also earned distinction as Indiana’s “Mr. Basketball” in 1946 as he helped lead his Anderson High School squad to the state title with a record 30 points in the championship game.

Wilson Sr. holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Anderson University and a master’s of education from Indiana State University.