Frank Wilson spent the last three seasons at Ole Miss as the running backs and assistant special teams coach before coming to Southern Miss. He coached BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who was only the second Rebel running back to rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons. He also mentored Mico McSwain to honorable mention Freshman All-America honors in 2005.

Prior to working at Ole Miss, Wilson was head coach at O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans from 2000-2003, earning numerous Coach of the Year awards, as well as leading O.P. Walker to the 2002 Class 4A state championship. He guided 22 players to Division I football scholarships. He also worked in the prep ranks in the Crescent City at Edna Karr High, from 1997-2000, where he was an assistant coach. He earned the title of offensive coordinator in 1999 and led the school to the Class 3A state championship game.

He got his coaching start at his alma mater, Nicholls State, as he served as a student assistant coach during the 1996 season working with the running backs. Wilson, a three-year letterwinner with the Colonels, originally attended Geneva University in Beaver Falls, Pa., before transferring following a season that earned him first team all-conference and Division II Honorable Mention All-America honors.

Wilson and his wife, Tiffany, have three children, Alaina, Sa'bree and Frank IV.