Coach Melissa Wilson

Basketball Coach

Coach Wilson is a Greenville native but moved to Raleigh to attend and graduate from Leesville Rd High School. During the time she was a 3x CAP-9 All-Conference player. During 2003-04 she attended Lees McRae College on a basketball scholarship then transferred to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke where she graduated in 2007. Wilson began her coaching career at Southeast Middle School in Kernersville NC before transferring to Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School where she served the assistance coach from 2014-2019. During her time as an assistance under Nicole Meyers, the team won 4 4-AAAA Eastern Regional Championships and competed in 4 NCHAAS 4-A State Championships. Wilson is now serving as the head coach for Willow Spring High School and just 2 years since the school has opened, Wilson’s team were the GRNC Regular Season Champions and GRNC Tournament Championships. During the 2022-2023 season she named GRNC Coach of the Year.