Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Baylor on October 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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2 p.m. (MST)
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Louis Wilson
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- louis.wilson@gcu.edu
- Alma Mater:
- William Jewell (1992)
Follow @CoachLWilson
Louis Wilson enters his first season as the Grand Canyon associate head coach, bringing 26 years of collegiate coaching experience that includes time as a head coach.
Wilson excels in a wide range of coaching areas to serve as the lead assistant of Dan Majerle's staff and coordinate the GCU defense. He also will be responsible for scheduling, player development, opponent scouting, game-day preparation and bench coaching.
"My greatest strength as a coach is that I'm a relationship guy in the fullest sense," Wilson said. "Everything about my life and my story is about the relationships I've been able to build and the way I've been able to reach people to coach them. I think I can help is an immeasurable way that and build a relationship to help Coach Majerle relate to them, understand what guys are going through, to get guys to do what they want them to do and to tell them the tough things because you know them and care about them."
Wilson previously served as an assistant coach for Utah State, where his work included working with guards who flourished. Guards Koby McEwen, the 2017 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, and Sam Merrill accounted for 31.9 points per game last season. Previously, guards Chris Smith and Darius Perkins finished with two of the top 10 career 3-point percentages in Aggie history.
Wilson won a higher percentage of games, 67.4 (95-46), than any previous head coach at Adams State, where he took three teams to the NCAA Division II Championship tournament during his five-year tenure (2010-15) in Alamosa, Colo. His teams were a two-way threat in Division II, ranking among the top 20 teams in scoring annually and finishing as the national leader in steals and opponent turnovers in 2011-12.
Wilson also has served as an assistant coach at California State Northridge (2006-10), where he finished as the associate head coach after the Matadors reached the 2009 NCAA Tournament, He began his coaching career assisting at Southern Utah (1992-98) before moving to an assistant coaching position for Idaho State (1998-2006).
Wilson grew up as the ninth of 10 children in The Bronx of New York City before moving to Alaska at age 10. There, his curiosity for kids gathered for a basketball camp at Anchorage East High School led to a bond with legendary prep coach Chuck White, who became a father figure to him and his assistant coach at Adams State.
Wilson was an all-state guard and two-time state champion at East HIgh School before playing for Trenton (Mo.) Junior College and William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. His 1997-98 NAIA quarterfinals team was inducted into the William Jewell Hall of Fame.
Wilson and his wife, Andrea, have four children: Jacques Wilson, Kaden Wampler, Keawe Wilson and Kalea Wilson.
Read more about Wilson in a gculopes.com feature story.
Louis Wilson enters his first season as the Grand Canyon associate head coach, bringing 26 years of collegiate coaching experience that includes time as a head coach.
Wilson excels in a wide range of coaching areas to serve as the lead assistant of Dan Majerle's staff and coordinate the GCU defense. He also will be responsible for scheduling, player development, opponent scouting, game-day preparation and bench coaching.
"My greatest strength as a coach is that I'm a relationship guy in the fullest sense," Wilson said. "Everything about my life and my story is about the relationships I've been able to build and the way I've been able to reach people to coach them. I think I can help is an immeasurable way that and build a relationship to help Coach Majerle relate to them, understand what guys are going through, to get guys to do what they want them to do and to tell them the tough things because you know them and care about them."
Wilson previously served as an assistant coach for Utah State, where his work included working with guards who flourished. Guards Koby McEwen, the 2017 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, and Sam Merrill accounted for 31.9 points per game last season. Previously, guards Chris Smith and Darius Perkins finished with two of the top 10 career 3-point percentages in Aggie history.
Wilson won a higher percentage of games, 67.4 (95-46), than any previous head coach at Adams State, where he took three teams to the NCAA Division II Championship tournament during his five-year tenure (2010-15) in Alamosa, Colo. His teams were a two-way threat in Division II, ranking among the top 20 teams in scoring annually and finishing as the national leader in steals and opponent turnovers in 2011-12.
Wilson also has served as an assistant coach at California State Northridge (2006-10), where he finished as the associate head coach after the Matadors reached the 2009 NCAA Tournament, He began his coaching career assisting at Southern Utah (1992-98) before moving to an assistant coaching position for Idaho State (1998-2006).
Wilson grew up as the ninth of 10 children in The Bronx of New York City before moving to Alaska at age 10. There, his curiosity for kids gathered for a basketball camp at Anchorage East High School led to a bond with legendary prep coach Chuck White, who became a father figure to him and his assistant coach at Adams State.
Wilson was an all-state guard and two-time state champion at East HIgh School before playing for Trenton (Mo.) Junior College and William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. His 1997-98 NAIA quarterfinals team was inducted into the William Jewell Hall of Fame.
Wilson and his wife, Andrea, have four children: Jacques Wilson, Kaden Wampler, Keawe Wilson and Kalea Wilson.
Read more about Wilson in a gculopes.com feature story.
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