HC Wyking Jones has hired former Pepperdine Head Coach Marty Wilson to fill the final assistant coaching role on the bench. Here’s the official release.
BERKELEY – The California men’s basketball staff is receiving another boost of veteran coaching presence with the addition of Marty Wilson, head coach Wyking Jones announced today. “I’m really excited to welcome Marty to our staff. His knowledge of the game, experience and energy is what excites me the most about being a part of what we are building,” Jones said. Wilson joins the Golden Bears as an assistant coach after serving seven seasons at the helm for his alma mater, Pepperdine. He helped transform the Waves from a 10-win team in his first season to back-to-back 18-win seasons in 2014-15 and 2015-16, giving them their first consecutive winning seasons since 2001-03. Pepperdine finished fourth in the West Coast Conference in both the 2015 and 2016 seasons, and the 2015 squad allowed just 61.6 points and finished the season second in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (27.0 percent). “His experience as a head coach is invaluable, and from a culture standpoint I couldn’t have found anyone that embodies our family aspect better than Marty,” Jones added.
We’ll have to delve deeper at a later point to see what he brings to the staff, but with signing period around the corner, its nice to have the staff filled out. Go Bears!