Howard K. Wilson Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Brutus Wilson Added To Shaw Sports Staff . . . June 9, 1946 . 14 . July 25, 2021 . .
  2. News: . New Hall of Famers . . . February 28, 2001 . 5D . March 8, 2023 . .