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George Wilmore

Men's Basketball Head Coach
WVU Tech Golden Bear Athletics

George Wilmore enters his first season as WVU Tech's head coach after serving as an assistant coach for the Golden Bear program for three seasons beginning during the 2019-2020 season. At Tech, Wilmore helped lead the team to three consecutive NAIA National Championship appearances, a 2020-2021 River States Conference (RSC) tournament championship and a 2019-2020 RSC regular season championship.

Wilmore began his collegiate coaching career at Winthrop University where he served as a student-assistant coach (2009-2012). Before he made his way to WVU Tech, George was the assistant coach at NCAA DII Fairmont State University where he helped lead the team to become a National Finalist (2016-2017) and garner a program's best 34 wins. 

George has also had the opportunity to assist The Basketball Tournament-Best Virginia Basketball Team in 2021 and act as head coach for the 16U Wildcats Select 3SSB out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the summer of 2022.

He earned his bachelor of science in physical education with a teacher certification at Winthrop University in 2012. George then earned a masters in education in professional studies from Fairmont State University in 2016.