When injuries eventually forced Wes Wilkinson to retire from professional basketball after playing 10 years overseas, he returned to his home in Nebraska and took a break from the sport.
After a hiatus of 5-6 months, Wilkinson discovered he couldn’t live without basketball, in some way, shape or form.
“It was weird,” said Wilkinson, a Grand Island native who played at Nebraska from 2002-06 under former coach Barry Collier. “It was one of those things where I realized I needed to have basketball in my life. It was just a matter of what capacity.”
Wilkinson surprised himself when discovering his avenue would be training young players.