Howard K. Wilson | |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1931–1933 |
Player Team2: | Morgan |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | ?–1934 |
Player Team4: | Morgan |
Player Positions: | Quarterback, fullback (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1941–1945 |
Coach Team2: | Winston-Salem State |
Coach Years3: | 1946–1953 |
Coach Team3: | Shaw |
Coach Years4: | 1958–? |
Coach Team4: | Morgan State (assistant) |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1960–1971 |
Coach Team6: | Morgan State |
Overall Record: | 48–51–6 (football) 109–141 (basketball) |
Bowl Record: | 1–2 |
Championships: | Football 1 black college national (1947) 1 CIAA (1947) |
Howard K. "Brutus" Wilson (born) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Winston-Salem Teachers College—now known as Winston-Salem State University—in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from 1941 to 1945 and Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1946 to 1953. Wilson was also the head basketball coach at Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore, from 1960 to 1971, tallying a mark of 109–141. Wilson's 1947 Shaw Bears football team was undefeated, won the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) title, and was recognized as a black college football national champion.
Wilson graduated from Morgan State and earned a Master of Arts from Columbia University. Before moving to Winston-Salem State, he worked at the Johnston County Training School in Smithfield, North Carolina for six years.[1]
Wilson was inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame in 2001.[2]