Howard K. "Brutus" Wilson (born c. 1906) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Winston-Salem Teachers College—now known as Winston-Salem State University—in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from 1941 to 1945 and Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1946 to 1953. Wilson was also the head basketball coach at Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore, tallying a mark of 109–141.
Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1906 |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1931–1933 | Morgan |
Basketball | |
?–1934 | Morgan |
Position(s) | Quarterback, fullback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1941–1945 | Winston-Salem State |
1946–1953 | Shaw |
1958–? | Morgan State (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1960–1961 | Morgan State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 48–51–6 (football) 109–141 (basketball) |
Bowls | 1–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 black college national (1947) 1 CIAA (1947) | |
Wilson graduated from Morgan State and earned a Master of Arts from Columbia University. Before moving to Winston-Salem State, he worked at the Johnston County Training School in Smithfield, North Carolina for six years.[1]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Winston-Salem State Rams (Independent) (1941–1945) | |||||||||
1941 | Winston-Salem State | 5–0–3 | |||||||
1942 | Winston-Salem State | 6–2 | |||||||
1943 | Winston-Salem State | 3–5–1 | W Flower | ||||||
1944 | Winston-Salem State | 5–3 | |||||||
1945 | Winston-Salem State | 0–7–1 | |||||||
Winston-Salem State: | 19–17–5 | ||||||||
Shaw Bears (Colored/Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1953) | |||||||||
1946 | Shaw | 3–3–1 | 3–3–1 | 8th | |||||
1947 | Shaw | 10–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
1948 | Shaw | 5–5 | 4–3 | 8th | L Capital Bowl | ||||
1949 | Shaw | 7–2 | 7–2 | 4th | |||||
1950 | Shaw | 1–8 | 1–8 | 15th | |||||
1951 | Shaw | 1–9 | 1–8 | 15th | L Furniture Bowl | ||||
1952 | No team | ||||||||
1953 | Shaw | 2–7 | 2–4 | 9th | |||||
Shaw: | 29–34–1 | 24–28–1 | |||||||
Total: | 48–51–6 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Winston-Salem State Rams head football coaches | |
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Shaw Bears head football coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |
Morgan State Bears men's basketball head coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |