====== Ray Wilson ======
  * **Head Coach**
  * **Seasons:** 1979-80 and 1980-81
 
===== Coaching - at UMass =====
[{{ :wilson_ray_1979_umass_special_collections_murg120_2-i0001937_.png?direct&400|Ray Wilson, ca. 1979. University Photograph Collection ([[http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg120_2-i0001937|RG 120_2]]). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries}}]
==== Head Coach (1979-80 through 1980-81) ====
=== Head Coaching Record ===
^Season^Overall^Win %^Conf^Win %^Place^Post-Season^
|1979-80|2-24|.077|0-10|.000|8th|none|
|1980-81|3-24|.111|0-13|.000|8th|none|
|Totals|5-48|.094|0-23|.000|

==== Assistant Coach (1968-69 through 1978-79) ====
  * Served under Head Coach [[leaman_jack|Jack Leaman]]

===== Coaching - pre-UMass =====
  * After his time at BU, Wilson became a special education teacher at [[wp>Roosevelt High School (Roosevelt, New York)|Roosevelt High School]] on Long Island, and also coached their boys basketball team((https://dailycollegian.com/2021/05/ray-wilson-the-forgotten-orchestrator-of-umass-mens-basketballs-golden-years/))
  * Coached [[erving_julius|Julius Erving]] at Roosevelt

===== Personal =====
  * Born in 1932 in [[wp>Newport, Rhode Island|Newport RI]]((https://dailycollegian.com/2021/05/ray-wilson-the-forgotten-orchestrator-of-umass-mens-basketballs-golden-years/))
  * Graduated from [[wp>Rogers High School (Rhode Island)|Rogers High School]] in Newport((https://dailycollegian.com/2021/05/ray-wilson-the-forgotten-orchestrator-of-umass-mens-basketballs-golden-years/))
  * Served in the [[wp>US Army]] prior to attending [[opponent_boston_university|Boston University]], where he was a basketball teammate of [[leaman_jack|Jack Leaman]]((https://dailycollegian.com/2021/05/ray-wilson-the-forgotten-orchestrator-of-umass-mens-basketballs-golden-years/))((https://youtu.be/YY0vhFtXAQE?si=P7n0wLebFA6dQKqb&t=1184))

{{tag> "Coaches" "Work in Progress"}}