Toyelle Wilson (born October 29, 1981) is the head women's basketball coach for Southern Methodist University. She previously served as an assistant coach at Michigan and Baylor. Wilson has also previously served as head coach of Prairie View A&M. [1]
 Toyelle Wilson at 2012 NCAA Tournament first round | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | SMU |
| Conference | American (ACC in 2024) |
| Record | 45–43 (.511) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 29, 1981 Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Manhattan College |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2003 | Manhattan |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Robert Morris (asst.) |
| 2006–2010 | Prairie View A&M (asst.) |
| 2010–2013 | Prairie View A&M |
| 2013–2019 | Baylor (asst.) |
| 2019–2021 | Michigan (asst.) |
| 2021–present | SMU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 100–86 (.538) |
| Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 0–3 (.000) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| As a Head Coach:
3× SWAC tournament champions (2011–2013) | |
A native of Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Wilson graduated from Eastern Regional High School.[2] She played basketball for four seasons at Manhattan College, where she graduated in 2003 with a degree in business management.[1]
Coaching career edit
Wilson began her coaching career at Robert Morris in 2003 as an assistant. She was then hired at Prairie View A&M in 2006 in the same role under head coach and WNBA legend Cynthia Cooper.
Prairie View A&M edit
After Cooper was named the head coach at UNC Wilmington, Wilson was promoted to head coach. Wilson guided her team to three-consecutive SWAC Tournament Championships and NCAA Tournaments. During her time there, she never encountered a losing season and compiled an overall record of 55–43 with 36–18 in conference play.
Baylor edit
In 2013, Wilson was hired as an assistant at Baylor. In Wilson's six seasons at Baylor, the Lady Bears were the 2019 national champions, won six regular season Big 12 Conference championship and five conference tournament titles. Baylor also made four NCAA Elite Eight appearances and one NCAA Sweet 16 during her time in Waco.
On the recruiting trail, Wilson helped Baylor recruit top-10 recruiting classes every year, including the No. 1 recruiting class in the country in 2018.
Michigan edit
On May 20, 2019, Wilson was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team.[3] Wilson worked primarily with the post players, helping Naz Hillmon to her second-straight All-Big Ten first-team nod and WBCA All-America honorable mention and become Big Ten Player of the Year in 2021. On the recruiting trail, Michigan's 2020 recruiting class was ranked as high as No. 12.
SMU edit
On April 1, 2021, Wilson was named SMU's head coach.
Head coaching record edit
College edit
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2010–2013) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Prairie View A&M | 21–12 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA round of 64 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Prairie View A&M | 17–16 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA round of 64 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Prairie View A&M | 17–15 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA round of 64 | ||||
| Prairie View A&M: | 55–43 (.561) | 36–18 (.667) | |||||||
| SMU Mustangs (American Athletic Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | SMU | 14–15 | 7–7 | 5th | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2022–23 | SMU | 17–12 | 7–8 | 5th | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2023–24 | SMU | 14–16 | 8–10 | 11th | |||||
| SMU: | 45–43 (.511) | 22–25 (.468) | |||||||
| Total: | 100–86 (.538) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References edit
- ^ a b Toyelle Wilson, Baylor Bears. Accessed October 4, 2014.
- ^ Redd, C. Kalimah. "Eastern Star Wilson Has Become One Of South Jersey's Big Names", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1, 1999. Accessed June 4, 2013. "Toyelle Wilson is sprawled on the floor, face down, behind Eastern's bench with a large ice pack tucked under the elastic of her shorts. She was kneed in the head when she took a charge in the game against Gloucester, and she bruised her tailbone when she landed."
- ^ "Michigan hires Wilson as women's basketball assistant". USA Today. May 20, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.