Jon Wilson’s consistency has led to seven All-Americans and eight WIAC champions during his four years at UW-Oshkosh.
Since his arrival in 2007, Wilson guided the Titans to fifth place at the league meet every year. He has also posted 20 dual meet victories in that span with UW-Oshkosh’s men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams.
The men’s squad posted three individual titles at the 2011 WIAC Championship. Phil Devine brought home gold in the one and three-meter dives, while Dalton Anderson prevailed in the 200-yard butterfly. Wilson’s team has owned the WIAC Outstanding Diver each year from 2008-11.
UW-Oshkosh divers have earned NCAA Division III All-America recognition seven times under Wilson. Devine was the 2010 national champion in the three-meter dive and holds four other top-seven finishes. Jacob Chadderdon took second place in the three-meter event during both 2008 and 2009.
Wilson has gained 12 of his dual meet victories with the Titan women. His best campaign came in 2010, when UW-Oshkosh went 4-4. The Titans also placed first among seven teams at the 2008 St. Norbert College Invitational and the 2007 UW-Oshkosh Invitational.
From 2003-2007, Wilson was the women’s swimming & diving coach at Northern Michigan University. He mentored five All-Americans and 15 conference champions. Wilson led the Wildcats to a second-place finish in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during 2004.
The men’s and women’s coach at Ripon College from 1995-2003, Wilson was named the 2003 Midwest Conference Men’s Coach of the Year. Prior to his first coaching position, Wilson earned his bachelor’s degree in health promotion and wellness at UW-Stevens Point (1995).
Wilson is a member of the College Swim Coaches Association of America.
- Written November 1, 2011 -