Charmaine Wilson Named Head Women's Basketball Coach

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Harris-Stowe State University has announced the hiring of Charmaine Wilson as Head Women's Basketball Coach. Athletics Director Dr. Nathan Cochran on the hiring of Coach Wilson, "I am very excited about Coach Wilson joining Harris-Stowe State University." Dr. Cochran further stated, "She rose to the top of their respective applicant pools. She brings program building and has experienced success on and off the court. I cannot wait to see the work Coach Wilson will do with our Harris-Stowe student-athletes."

Wilson most recently served as Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at Bethune-Cookman University. Working under Reggie Theus, she learned the administrative side on the NCAA Division one level. Wilson has a wealth of knowledge and experience in athletics.

Prior to her return to Bethune-Cookman in the Spring of 2024, Wilson severed 13 seasons at the helm of the women's basketball program at Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida.

During her stint with Edward Waters, Wilson has compiled 200 wins and her teams have notched winning seasons, as well as nine consecutive years. Wilson has also led the Lady Tigers to (3) 20- win seasons (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18). During the 2017-18 season, she guided Edward Waters to a program best 25-6 overall record which featured a modern era program record 14-game winning streak- including the program's first appearance in the GCAC Championship Game.

The Lady Tigers repeated their GCAC Championship Game appearance in the 2018-19 season on their home floor at the Adams- Jenkins Community Sports & Music Complex and again during the 2020-21 campaign, respectfully.

Wilson led Edward Waters to the program's first Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Co-Regular Season Championship in 2020-21 and was also selected as the 2020-21 GCAC Women's Basketball Coach of the Year.

She came to Edward Waters after spending seven seasons as an assistant coach at Bethune-Cookman University.

While at B-CU, she was instrumental in the rebuilding of the Wildcats basketball program which saw vast improvement during each of her seasons in Daytona Beach. In her role as the first assistant under Vanessa Blair-Lewis (now head coach at George Mason), Wilson assisted in the recruiting of student-athletes.

Prior to her tenure at B-CU, Wilson spent five seasons at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. She was an assistant coach with the Lady Yellow Jackets from 1999-2001, and in 2001 she was named the Head Coach of the Women's Basketball program at Allen. During the 2001 season, Wilson made history, becoming the first Allen University basketball coach, men or women to win a tournament game in the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament.

A native of Hemingway, South Carolina, Wilson is a 1998 graduate of South Carolina State University earning a Bachelor's Degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. Also while at SCSU, Wilson was a three year letter winner for the Lady Bulldogs Basketball Team, earning such awards as Best Hustle & Most Improved. Wilson was also the Lady Bulldogs team captain for all three of her years. In 2016, Wilson earned her Masters Degree in Coaching & Athletic Administration from Concordia University, Irvine and a second Masters from Concordia University, Irvine in 2022.