Nancy Wilson’s second stint running the College of Charleston women’s basketball program will come to an end after this season — her 30th as a head coach.
Wilson, whose Cougars (2-11, 1-3 Southern Conference) host the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (8-4, 2-0) this afternoon at TD Arena, announced her decision to retire last summer.
“It’s one of those things that’s hard on some days and not on others,” said Wilson, 61, who is the winningest all-time coach at both the College of Charleston (306 wins) and South Carolina (231).
Two of the main factors that influenced Wilson’s decision, she said, were the Cougars’ present rebuilding mode and her lack of enthusiasm for recruiting.
“Recruiting would be my least favorite thing. I mean I love meeting the people through recruiting, but just the highs and lows of it,” she said. “And our program, we built it up to a point a couple of years ago where we could be competitive and now we find ourselves rebuilding again.