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Harrison B. Wilson was an American college football coach and college administrator. He served as the head football coach at Norfolk State University from 1971 to 1973 and at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1974 to 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 44–45–2. Wilson was the first African American head football coach at the University of Maryland. Wilson was born in Amsterdam, New York, and attended the University of Iowa, where he played college football as a quarterback. He graduated from Iowa in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He later earned a master's degree in education from the University of Iowa in 1951. Wilson began his coaching career at the high school level in Iowa, coaching at Waterloo East High School from 1951 to 1954 and at Waterloo West High School from 1955 to 1958. He then moved to the college ranks, serving as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa from 1959 to 1965 and at the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 1970. Wilson was hired as the head football coach at Norfolk State University in 1971. He led the Spartans to a 7–3 record in his first season and a 9–2 record in his second season. In 1974, Wilson was hired as the head football coach at the University of Maryland, College Park. He led the Terrapins to a 6–5 record in his first season and a 7–4 record in his second season. He was fired after the 1978 season with a record of 22–27–2. Wilson was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000. He died on April 21, 2019, at the age of 94.

Popular As Harrison Benjamin Wilson Jr.
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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 April, 1925
Birthday 21 April
Birthplace Amsterdam, New York, U.S.
Date of death (2019-07-28)
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Nationality United States

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His wife is Anna Williams (died 1967) Lucy Cutliff

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Children Benjamin F. Wilson Harrison B. Wilson III John R. Wilson Richard A. Wilson Jennifer C. Wilson M. April Woodard, née Wilson

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1997

He retired in 1997. The NSU administrative building was named in his honor. Dr. Wilson was honored by Old Dominion as one of their Strong Men and Women Excellence leadership series shortly after retiring from NSU in 1997.

1967

Wilson married first wife, Anna Williams, who died in 1967 due to complications from surgery. Wilson later married Lucy Cutliff, a former faculty member at Old Dominion University and a former Norfolk Public Schools Board member. He was the father of six children. His grandson Russell Wilson is a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. Russell’s sister and Harrison’s granddaughter Anna Wilson led Stanford to the 2022 NCAA Final Four.

1950

Wilson was the head basketball coach at the Jackson College for Negro Teachers (now Jackson State University) from 1950 to 1967 and had a cumulative 342–88 record. At Jackson College, he was also chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education from 1960 to 1967. In the early 1950s, Wilson enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington, where he completed a master's degree in physical education and Ph.D. in health science and administration.

1925

Harrison Benjamin Wilson Jr. (April 21, 1925 – July 28, 2019) was an American health educator and college basketball coach who served as the second president of Norfolk State University from 1975 to 1997.

Wilson was born on April 21, 1925 in Amsterdam, New York, the son of Marguerite (Ayers) and Harrison Benjamin Wilson Sr. After serving in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947, he enrolled at the Kentucky State College for Negroes (now Kentucky State University) and received his B.S. degree, was an honor student and became a star athlete in basketball, football, baseball, and track.