Eddie Wilson

Position: Quarterbacks Graduated: Arizona '62

Having returned to the Academy for his second coaching stint, Eddie Wilson is a name very familiar to Black Knight followers.

A veteran grid mentor with 35 years of coaching experience on the collegiate and professional levels, Wilson served as an assistant on Army staffs under head coaches Homer Smith, Lou Saban and Ed Cavanaugh from 1978 through 1981. He returned to West Point as a member of Bobby Ross' initial Army coaching staff last winter, and directs the Black Knights' quarterbacks.

During his first stay along the banks of the Hudson, Wilson held the title of defensive coordinator for Smith's 1978 Army squad, then shouldered duties as offensive coordinator for Cavanaugh during the 1980 and 1981 campaigns.

Before returning to the Academy, Wilson spent nine years at Georgia Tech (1995-2003), the last two in his role as stadium liaison for football and baseball projects. Among his duties, he handled game day operations for teams visiting Tech's historic Bobby Dodd Field, while playing an integral role in the football stadium's renovation and the construction of the Yellow Jackets' new baseball facility.

Prior to moving into the area of athletic administration, Wilson authored a lengthy coaching resume, working under some of the sport's top coaching names, including Hank Stram, Bob Blackman, Darrell Mudra, Maxie Baughan, Smith, Saban and George O'Leary. Most recently, Wilson had served a two-year stint coaching the quarterbacks at Georgia Tech (1995-96) before shifting over to direct the Yellow Jackets' tight ends and H-backs for four years (1997-2000).

Wilson, 65, arrived in Atlanta following one season as associate head coach at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. (1994). Before that engagement, he spent four seasons as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Duke University (1990-93) under head coach Barry Wilson. That tour of duty in Durham marked his second with the Blue Devils after having served two years (1972-73) as quarterbacks and receivers coach under Mike McGee during his first stop at Duke.

Between stints with the Blue Devils, Wilson spent eight seasons as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Cornell University (1982-89) and four at West Point (1978-81).

Before his time at the Academy, he served coaching turns at Wake Forest University for two years (1976-77), Florida State University (1975) for one season and the University of Arizona for five seasons (1967-71).

He spent one year as an assistant coach in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs under Stram in 1974, rekindling a relationship that began several years earlier when he played for the Hall of Fame field boss. Wilson fashioned a five-year professional career as a quarterback and punter that included stops with the Chiefs, New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins.

A native of Chandler, Ariz., Wilson earned third team All-America honors as a quarterback at the University of Arizona in 1961, while also garnering Academic All-America plaudits. He graduated from UA in 1962 and went on to earn a master's degree in student counseling and personal services from the school in 1971.

Overall, Wilson boasts 19 years of experience as an offensive coordinator at Duke, Cornell, Army, Wake Forest and Arizona, in addition to his one-year term as defensive coordinator at the Academy. Fourteen of his position players, including five quarterbacks, have played one or more years in the NFL with Dave Brown, formerly of Duke, having the longest professional tenure at 10 years.

Wilson and his wife, Nancy, have six children: Patti, Debbie, Bill, Heidi, Jodianne and Jeff; along with eight grandchildren.