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Kevin Wilson (Former HC Tulsa)


FORMER OHIO STATE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR KEVIN WILSON LOOKING FOR YEAR TWO STRIDES AT TULSA​


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The Golden Hurricane are but a small ocean swirl as Kevin Wilson enters his second season as head coach.

Tulsa went 4-8 as Wilson started his rebuild in 2023 – its fifth losing campaign in the last seven years – then suffered a landslide of losses in the transfer portal. Question marks are rampant on their downtrodden defense.

Still, the former Ohio State offensive coordinator has a core of key pieces returning, especially at his offensive skill positions, bolstered by a solid portal haul in response.

“I think we’re working together better,” Wilson said in March. “I don’t think we’re pulling guys. There’s a good esprit de corps, I think we’re working hard. There’s a lot to do, but there’s a good vibe with the team right now.”
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Add this to the ever growing list of things ruining the sport - if you can't engineer a near immediate turnaround, regardless of what you inherited, you're gone after a year or two. Shits ridiculous.
 
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Add this to the ever growing list of things ruining the sport - if you can't engineer a near immediate turnaround, regardless of what you inherited, you're gone after a year or two. Shits ridiculous.

Well yes, it is ridiculous; but that is what college football is today. With the transfer portal it does make a turnaround potentially possible a lot quicker than years past; look what Curt Cignetti did at Indiana this year. However, to actually achieve this "the stars do have to be aligned" and you undoubtedly need a very generous NIL budget. He probably had neither at Tulsa.

I've said before that the school should give the couch 4 years so he has "his players", etc. However, I'm torn on this one. Kevin Wilson may be an example of the "Peter Principle" (i.e. great assistant coach; but, not so great head coach). In six seasons her never had a winning record at Indiana (26-47) and so for this season his record at Tulsa is no better than last year's (i.e. he isn't showing that is is making any progress).

He had a 5 year contract with Tulsa and will undoubtedly get a nice buyout. In addition, he has a pretty good resume including his time at Ohio State:

Prior to taking over the Golden Hurricane, Wilson was the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Ohio State from 2017-22. During that time, Wilson helped boost Ohio State to four Big Ten titles and two appearances in the College Football Playoff.

If he wants to stay in coaching he should be able to get another assistant and/or coordinator position somewhere.
 
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