Wilson enters his fourth season at VMI heading into the 2025-26 season. He spent the previous two seasons working as an assistant coach at James Madison University under current Vanderbilt Head Coach, Mark Byington. The pair worked together for a total of 16 seasons to help bring unprecedented success at Georgia Southern & JMU.
Wilson is the 29th head basketball coach at the Institute.
The 2024-25 season - his third at VMI - marked the greatest single season turnaround in program history. The Keydets won 15 games for only the 12th time in the school's 117-year history as a basketball program. The Keydets were one of just 14 programs nationwide to improve their previous season's win total by double digits. VMI won nine total SoCon games (7 regular season, 2 tournament) for only the ninth time in program history and advanced to the SoCon Tournament semifinals for only the 14th time in program history. VMI's two SoCon Tournament wins were the first since the 2002-03 season and only the second time in 37 years.
During the season, the Keydets won three straight SoCon road games for the first time since 1998 and defeated rival The Citadel three times during the season for the first time since the 2014-15 campaign. VMI also earned two conference series sweeps for the first time since the 2017-18 season as the Keydets topped The Citadel and Western Carolina twice.
Working with the youngest team in the country during the 2022-23 season, the Keydets ranked first in the SoCon in free throw percentage at 76.6 percent and topped the league in offensive rebounding average at 10.9 per game. VMI also shot well from beyond the arc, ranking second in the conference in three-pointers made (309) and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.351). Under his leadership, the Keydets were recognized with an NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for having a team GPA above a 3.0 average. Senior team captain Sam Wolfe led the way with a perfect 4.0 GPA to be named Valedictorian of the VMI Class of 2023.
On December 3, 2022, the Keydets defeated Navy for just the second time in the 25-game all-time series and for the first time since 2004. Another highlight included VMI defeating Wofford College at home, 87-83, in overtime on February 22, a game in which every point for VMI was scored by a freshman, a first in NCAA men's basketball history.
During the 2021-22 season at JMU, Wilson helped coach the Dukes to a Colonial Athletic Association regular season title, a huge step up from its 9-21 mark from the 2019-20 season. In 2021-22, the Dukes finished with a 15-14 mark that included a 9-2 start, a win over Virginia and overcoming a 29-day pause due to Covid 19-related issues.
Wilson, who coordinated the Dukes’ defensive efforts, was responsible for leading the JMU defense to Top 100 national marks in limiting opponents in field goal percentage, three-point percentage, turnover percentage, steals and points per possession. The 2020-21 season marked JMU’s first No. 1 seed at the CAA tourney since 1992-93.
In 2021, Wilson was selected to participate in the prestigious TopConnect Basketball Symposium (formerly Villa 7). The conference identifies the top assistant basketball coaches in the country and connects them with mid-major Athletic Directors providing networking and leadership development opportunities.
Prior to arriving in Harrisonburg, Wilson served alongside Byington for seven seasons at Georgia Southern, including the final year as Associate Head Coach. The pair led the Eagles to their first-ever postseason bid and three straight 20-win campaigns in the final three years.
Georgia Southern racked up 13 all-conference selections, including Tookie Brown, who was the first Sun Belt Player of the Year in program history in 2019, an Honorable Mention All-American and was the first player in league history to take home four First Team All-Sun Belt nods. In addition, every senior to come through GSU's program graduated during Wilson's seven years in Statesboro.
The Eagles were one of 44 Division I programs in the country with 20+ wins for three straight seasons and one of just 26 to win 10 or more league games in six straight. The program academic APR score also increased from 932 to 981 during Wilson's seven years at Georgia Southern.
In June of 2019, Wilson was selected to attend the Jay Bilas Coaches Leadership Program. The program was designed to identify and develop up-and-coming coaches who have the potential to be Division I College Head Coaches. The four-day leadership program in Charlotte was limited to 12 coaches nationwide who have been recognized as rising stars in the profession as assistants.
Wilson spent six seasons as an assistant coach at College of Charleston under head coach Bobby Cremins before moving to Binghamton for the 2012-13 season. While at Charleston, Wilson coached alongside Byington as assistants and the pair helped lead the Cougars to an average of 22 wins a season, three postseason tournament appearances, three Southern Conference title game appearances, four 20-win seasons, the 2011 Southern Conference regular season title, and the program’s first NBA Draft pick in 14 years when the Los Angeles Lakers selected guard Andrew Goudelock.
Wilson played parts of six seasons at Florida State (2000-06) after suffering multiple injuries that led to two consecutive medical redshirts. Wilson became a three-year starter under head coach Leonard Hamilton and helped lead a resurgence of the Seminole basketball program. He became the first student-athlete in ACC history to play in six different seasons and became FSU’s all-time leader in games played. As a senior captain in 2005-06, he helped lead the Seminoles to their first 20-win season in nearly a decade, finished second in the country in three-point FG%, and became the first player in program history to hit at least seven three-pointers in multiple ACC games.
Wilson was also a standout in the classroom during his career at FSU. He earned a master’s degree in Sport Administration, was named to the All-ACC Academic Basketball Team three times and the ACC Academic Honor Roll five times.
A 2000 graduate of Harrison High School in the metro Atlanta area, Wilson was a two-time, first team all-state honoree and was the school’s all-time scoring leader upon graduation. He was elected to the Harrison High School Hall of Fame in 2015. Wilson was the 2000 Cobb County Tip-Off Club Player of the Year and was named to The Atlanta Tipoff Club Metro Atlanta Boys Prep Team.
Andrew and his wife, Lisa, are the proud parents of three children: Cate, Mackenzi, and Knox.
