{{short description|American basketball coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Toyelle Wilson | image = Toyelle Wilson Head Coach Womens basketball Prairie View A&M.jpg | alt = | caption = Wilson at 2012 NCAA Tournament first round | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | current_conference = Southland | current_record = {{winpct|6|23|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|29}} | birth_place = Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 2000–2003 | player_team1 = Manhattan | coach_years1 = 2003–2006 | coach_team1 = Robert Morris (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2006–2010 | coach_team2 = Prairie View A&M (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2010–2013 | coach_team3 = Prairie View A&M | coach_years4 = 2013–2019 | coach_team4 = Baylor (asst.) | coach_years5 = 2019–2021 | coach_team5 = Michigan (asst.) | coach_years6 = 2021–2025 | coach_team6 = SMU | coach_years7 = 2025–present | coach_team7 = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | overall_record = {{winpct|116|130|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = '''NCAA Division I:''' {{Winning percentage|0|3|record=y}}<br>'''WNIT:''' {{Winning percentage|1|2|record=y}} | championships = '''As a Head Coach:''' 3× SWAC tournament champions (2011–2013)<br> '''As an Assistant:''' NCAA tournament champions (2019)<br> 6× Big 12 Regular Season Champions (2013–2019)<br> 5× Big 12 Tournament Champions (2013–16, 2018, 2019)<br> | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Toyelle Wilson''' (born October 29, 1981) is the head women's basketball coach for Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. She previously served as an assistant coach at Michigan and Baylor. Wilson has also previously served as head coach of Prairie View A&M and Southern Methodist University. <ref name=Baylor>[http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/toyelle_wilson_851504.html Toyelle Wilson], Baylor Bears. Accessed October 4, 2014.</ref>
A native of Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Wilson graduated from Eastern Regional High School.<ref>Redd, C. Kalimah. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201011/http://articles.philly.com/1999-01-01/sports/25489739_1_eastern-middle-school-body "Eastern Star Wilson Has Become One Of South Jersey's Big Names"], ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', January 1, 1999. Accessed June 4, 2013. "Toyelle Wilson is sprawled on the floor, face down, behind Eastern's bench with a large ice pack tucked under the elastic of her shorts. She was kneed in the head when she took a charge in the game against Gloucester, and she bruised her tailbone when she landed."</ref> She played basketball for four seasons at Manhattan College, where she graduated in 2003 with a degree in business management.<ref name=Baylor/>
==Coaching career== Wilson began her coaching career at Robert Morris in 2003 as an assistant. She was then hired at Prairie View A&M in 2006 in the same role under head coach and WNBA legend Cynthia Cooper.
===Prairie View A&M=== After Cooper was named the head coach at UNC Wilmington, Wilson was promoted to head coach. Wilson guided her team to three-consecutive SWAC Tournament Championships and NCAA Tournaments. During her time there, she never encountered a losing season and compiled an overall record of 55–43 with 36–18 in conference play.
===Baylor=== In 2013, Wilson was hired as an assistant at Baylor. In Wilson's six seasons at Baylor, the Lady Bears were the 2019 national champions, won six regular season Big 12 Conference championship and five conference tournament titles. Baylor also made four NCAA Elite Eight appearances and one NCAA Sweet 16 during her time in Waco. On the recruiting trail, Wilson helped Baylor recruit top-10 recruiting classes every year, including the No. 1 recruiting class in the country in 2018. ===Michigan=== On May 20, 2019, Wilson was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2019/05/20/michigan-hires-wilson-as-womens-basketball-assistant/39498609/ |title=Michigan hires Wilson as women's basketball assistant |date=May 20, 2019 |accessdate=August 26, 2019 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> Wilson worked primarily with the post players, helping Naz Hillmon to her second-straight All-Big Ten first-team nod and WBCA All-America honorable mention and become Big Ten Player of the Year in 2021. On the recruiting trail, Michigan's 2020 recruiting class was ranked as high as No. 12.
===SMU=== On April 1, 2021, Wilson was named SMU's head coach.
==Head coaching record==
===College=== {{CBB yearly record start | type =coach | conference = | postseason= }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers | conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference | startyear = 2010 | endyear = 2013 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2010–11 | name = Prairie View A&M | overall = 21–12 | conference = 14–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2011–12 | name = Prairie View A&M | overall = 17–16 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = NCAA round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2012–13 | name = Prairie View A&M | overall = 17–15 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = NCAA round of 64 }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Prairie View A&M | overall = {{winpct|55|43|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|36|18|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = SMU Mustangs | conference = American Athletic Conference | startyear = 2021 | endyear = 2024 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2021–22 | name = SMU | overall = 14–15 | conference = 7–7 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = WNIT first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2022–23 | name = SMU | overall = 17–13 | conference = 7–8 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = WNIT second round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = SMU | overall = 14–16 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding = 11th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = SMU Mustangs | conference = Atlantic Coast Conference | startyear = 2024 | endyear = 2025 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = SMU | overall = 10–20 | conference = 2–16 | confstanding = T–17th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = SMU | overall = {{winpct|55|64|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|24|41|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | conference = Southland Conference | startyear = 2025 | endyear = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2025–26 | name = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | overall = 6–23 | conference = 5–17 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | overall = {{winpct|6|23|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|5|17|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{winpct|116|130|record=y}} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://mgoblue.com/staff.aspx?staff=3768&path=wbball Michigan Profile]
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