Norries Wilson
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Director of player development |
| Team | Minnesota |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 24, 1965 Markham, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | Connecticut (OL) |
| 2002–2005 | Connecticut (OC) |
| 2006–2011 | Columbia |
| 2012–2015 | Rutgers (RB) |
| 2015 | Rutgers (interim HC) |
| 2017–present | Minnesota (DoPD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–45 |
Norries Wilson (born June 24, 1965)
He also has coached at
A 1989 graduate of the University of Minnesota, Wilson was a captain, two-year starter and three-year letterwinner for the Gophers. He also earned two letters in wrestling, and qualified for the NCAA Championships as a heavyweight.
Coaching career
Columbia
Wilson was hired at Columbia following the 2005 season, during which the Lions finished 0–7 in the Ivy League, 2–8 overall.
Wilson joined Columbia after four years as
With a victory over the
During his first season, Columbia ended a 16-game Ivy League losing streak with a 21–14 victory over Cornell. A 22–21 season-ending win at Brown gave the Lions their first consecutive league victories since 2003.
The Light Blue finished Wilson's inaugural campaign with those two league wins and a 5–5 record overall. It was the first time in a decade that the Lions had finished at .500, and it gave Wilson the highest career winning percentage among Columbia coaches since
Wilson finished his six seasons at Columbia with a record of 10–32 in Ivy League play and 17–43 overall.
He was relieved of his position by Columbia Athletic Director Diane Murphy on Sunday, November 20, 2011, following a 1–9 season.[3]
Rutgers
After departing Columbia in 2011, Wilson was hired as a running backs coach and associate head coach by the Rutgers University. Rutgers had hired Kyle Flood as head coach after the departure of Greg Schiano to the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In September 2015, Rutgers University officials suspended Flood for three games after an investigation into whether he improperly contacted a professor regarding a player's academic status and athletic eligibility. During Flood's suspension, Wilson filled in as interim head coach.[4][5] Playing in State College, Pennsylvania, on September 19, Rutgers was trounced by the Penn State Nittany Lions, losing by a score of 28–3. The following week, on September 26, Rutgers defeated the visiting Kansas Jayhawks, 27–14. On October 10, Rutgers was defeated at home by Michigan State, 31–24, in his final game as interim head coach.
Wilson took responsibility for the quarterback spiking the ball on a fourth down play against Michigan State in 2015. Although he did not instruct the quarterback to do so.
Minnesota
During the 2020 season, Wilson stepped in as interim-Offensive Line coach for the Gopher's game against Purdue University. Minnesota went on to win the game 34-31.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (2006–2011) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Columbia | 5–5 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2007 | Columbia | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2008 | Columbia | 2–8 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2009 | Columbia | 4–6 | 3–4 | 4th | |||||
| 2010 | Columbia | 4–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2011 | Columbia | 1–9 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| Columbia: | 17–43 | 10–32 | |||||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2015) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Rutgers | 1–2 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Rutgers: | 1–2 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 18–45 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Norries Wilson (PDF)" (PDF). University of Connecticut Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ "Columbia Hires a Coach From UConn (Published 2005)". The New York Times.
- ^ Novak, Jake. "Where's Jake?". Roar Lions Blog. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ^ Dan Bieler, "Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood suspended, fined for interventions with academic staff", The Washington Post, September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ Saed Hindash, "Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood suspended three games", New Jersey Advance Media (nj.com), September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.