Kevin R . Wilson Kevin R . Wilson ( born October 23 , 1961 ) is an American football coach . He is currently the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers football team . Playing career . Wilson played offensive line and linebacker at Maiden High School . He was all - conference for two seasons and for his senior season was named to the " Charlotte Observer " All - Piedmont team . He went on to play center and guard for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels as a walk - on . After two seasons as a walk - on he earned a scholarship . He earned a degree in Mathematics in 1984 , and then became a graduate assistant for three years while working on a masters ' degree in Physical Education . While at North Carolina Randy Walker was a Tar Heels assistant . When Walker left North Carolina to become head coach at Miami University in 1990 , Wilson became his assistant there . Early coaching career . Assistant at North Carolina . After playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels , he spent three seasons ( 1984 – 1986 ) as a graduate assistant coach while he worked on this masters degree . In 1987 , he became the offensive line coach at Winston - Salem State University . Wilson was the offensive coordinator for the 1988 season for the North Carolina A & T Aggies . High school . In 1989 he became the head coach and athletic director of Fred T . Foard High School , near his hometown and alma mater Maiden , North Carolina , where the Tigers went 0 – 10 . Return to assistant coaching . Following one year coaching on the high school level , Wilson returned to college coaching for the Miami University RedHawks in 1990 , under head coach Randy Walker , and coached there as offensive line coach , quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator until 1998 . When Walker moved to Northwestern University Wilson went with him , serving as the offensive coordinator , quarterbacks coach , and assistant head coach , from 1999 to 2001 . After spending 19 season ' s under the tutelage of his mentor Walker ( four as a player at North Carolina , three as a graduate assistant there , nine as a coach at Miami , and three as a coach at Northwestern ) , Wilson left his long - time mentor , who died in 2006 at age 52 , to become the running game coordinator and the offensive line coach at Oklahoma in 2002 . In December 2005 , Wilson was named the offensive coordinator for the Sooners prior to the 2006 season , replacing Chuck Long who left to become the head coach at San Diego State . Oklahoma named James Patton to replace Wilson as offensive line coach , Patton served under Wilson at both Northwestern and Miami , and Wilson recommended Patton to Sooners ' head coach Bob Stoops . In 2008 , Wilson won the Broyles Award , which is given to the top assistant in college football annually . He was also named the " FootballScoop Offensive Coordinator of the Year " . Indiana Hoosiers . Indiana athletic director Fred Glass announced the dismissal of Bill Lynch and the rest of the coaching staff on November 28 , 2010 , following a third straight season with only one conference victory . Glass announced the hiring of Wilson on December 7 , giving Wilson his first collegeiate head coaching job . Just thirteen days later Wilson hired New Mexico defensive coordinator Doug Mallory and Nebraska linebackers coach Mike Ekeler ( also LBs ) as co - defensive coordinators . Mallory , the son of former Indiana head coach Bill Mallory , was Indiana ' s defensive backs coach from 1994 – 1996 . Wilson also hired Rod Smith from Michigan and Kevin Johns from Northwestern to be co - offensive coordinators . Wilson took over a Hoosiers team that has finished 10th or 11th in the Big Ten in each of the previous three seasons and has not been to a bowl since losing to Oklahoma State in the 2007 Insight Bowl . Under Wilson ' s first year , the Hoosiers had a 1 – 11 record . In his second year , Indiana improved to 4 - 8 on the year , but surpassed Northwestern ' s record for most losses in Football Bowl Subdivision history . Nevertheless , Wilson ' s team exhibited an explosive offense , going from 80th nationally in pass offense to 19th and leading the Big Ten with 311 . 2 yards per game , in spite of losing the starting quarterback Tre Roberson in the season ' s second game .