| Willis Wilson | |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1978–1982 |
| Player Team1: | Rice |
| Coach Years1: | 1985–1986 |
| Coach Team1: | Rice (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1986–1987 |
| Coach Team2: | Strake Jesuit Prep |
| Coach Years3: | 1987–1991 |
| Coach Team3: | Rice (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1991–1992 |
| Coach Team4: | Stanford (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1992–2008 |
| Coach Team5: | Rice |
| Coach Years6: | 2009–2011 |
| Coach Team6: | Memphis (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2011–2021 |
| Coach Team7: | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Admin Years1: | 2018 |
| Admin Team1: | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (interim AD) |
| Overall Record: | 361–417 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 1–3 (NIT) 6–4 (CIT) |
| Awards: | Ben Jobe Award (2014) WAC Co-Coach of the Year (1999) |
Willis Thomas Wilson Jr. (born March 22, 1960) is an American former basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team before retiring in March 2021. He previously served an assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team. Wilson was head men's basketball coach of at Rice University for 16 seasons, from 1992 to 2008.
A former basketball letterwinner and 1982 graduate from Rice, Wilson served as an assistant at Rice in the 1980s and as an assistant at Stanford University in 1991. He became head coach at Rice in 1992. During his 16 years as head coach at Rice, Wilson became winningest coach in Rice basketball history.[1] After a 3–27 record in 2007–08, Rice athletic director Chris Del Conte announced on March 14, 2008, that Wilson would not be retained for the next season.[2] [3]
On April 17, 2009, Wilson was hired by Memphis head coach Josh Pastner as an assistant.[4]