High School
Why Oscar Wilson Won't Leave Longview
Oscar Wilson will face his son-in-law, godson and grandson when his Longview Lobos travel to South Oak Cliff. Over 47 seasons as an assistant, he's created another family in Longview.
Oscar Wilson may be 74 years old, but he was about to learn what every American teenager finds out too late. That Life360 tracking app your family had you download? It shows your top speed. Every time you drive.
Wilson has served as Longview High School’s running backs coach for 47 seasons. In that time, he’s made the drive down I-20 West to Dallas more times than the Lobos have beaten their arch-rival Marshall (Longview notched its 68th win over the Mavericks in Week 2). His daughter, grandkids, and ex-son-in-law, South Oak Cliff head coach Jason Todd, all live there. Wilson makes the two-hour trek on Saturday mornings, cuts his daughter’s grass, then heads back like he’s just going around the corner.
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