Western Carolina University

Jim Wilson joined the athletic performance staff at Western Carolina University after serving as a graduate assistant at Merrimack College working with men’s lacrosse, women’s tennis, field hockey and football.

While at Merrimack, under Wilson’s tutelage in athletic performance, the men’s lacrosse team won the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship.

He did a three-month internship with UCLA football in 2016, from May to August and also interned at the University of Southern California and did a year-long internship with Vanderbilt’s football program.

Wilson earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science with a minor in entrepreneurship at High Point University. He was also a student-athlete at on track and field team competing in the shot put and discus and was a team captain for the program.