Education
Wilson graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
Wilson graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
He played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. He played collegiately for the University of Louisville from 1974 to 1978. As a freshman, Wilson was a reserve on the Cardinals" 1975 Final Four team
Wilson then entered the starting lineup for the rest of his Louisville career.
As a sophomore he averaged 14.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game and led the Cardinals to the 1976 National Invitation Tournament. As a junior, Wilson teamed with freshman backcourt mate Darrell Griffith and led the Cardinals back to the 1977 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, where they lost to University of California, Los Los Angeles
In his senior year, the 1977-1978 season, Wilson averaged 17.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists as he led the Cardinals to a Metro Conference championship and was named Most Valuable Player of the 1978 Metro Conference Men"s Basketball Tournament.
Wilson was named Metro Conference player of the year that season. Following his senior season, Wilson was drafted in the second round of the 1978 National Basketball Association Draft by the Atlanta Hawks (25th pick overall).
He played in 81 games as a rookie in 1978-1979, averaging 3.0 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in a reserve role.
The next season, Wilson played in 5 games before being released by the Hawks. He finished the season with the Utica Olympics of the Continental Basketball Association (College of Business Administration). The next season, Wilson played with the Atlantic City Hi-Rollers.