Having already compiled an impressive record at Pepperdine as a player, an assistant coach and an interim head coach, 2009-10 will mark Marty Wilson’s second season back in Malibu as the associate head coach.

Wilson has been coaching in the college ranks for 19 seasons. He was a four-year letterwinner who graduated from Pepperdine in 1989. He also previously served as an assistant coach for six seasons (1991-96). During his final season in Malibu, he stepped in as interim head coach for the final 13 games.

“I am very excited to return home to where my college basketball playing and coaching career began,” said Wilson at his hiring. “I am thankful that Coach Asbury, John Watson and Andy Benton are allowing me the opportunity to return and assist in restoring a program that has such a long tradition of excellence.”

During his first six seasons on the Waves’ staff (the first four of which were under Asbury), he helped Pepperdine to a 106-72 (.596) record. He began as the restricted-earnings coach before being elevated to full-time status for the 1994-95 season. He was hired back at Pepperdine in February 2008.

With Wilson on the staff, Pepperdine earned bids to the NCAA Tournament in 1991, 1992 and 1994 and made the NIT in 1993. The Waves also won West Coast Conference regular-season titles in 1991, 1992 and 1993 and WCC Tournament titles in 1991, 1992 and 1994.

“I’ve had a working professional relationship with Marty going back more than 20 years,” said Asbury at the time of Wilson’s hiring. “He is a highly qualified coach, an outstanding individual and family man and an excellent representative of our university. I’m exceedingly pleased that he chose to join us and return to Malibu and Pepperdine University. We expect great things from him in the future.”

Following Asbury’s departure for Kansas State after the 1993-94 season, Wilson remained on the staff under new head coach Tony Fuller. When Fuller resigned midway through the 1995-96 season, Wilson took over at the age of 28 and directed the Waves to a 3-10 record down the stretch. Most notably, that included an upset of a Steve Nash-led Santa Clara team in the first round of the WCC Tournament.

Wilson stayed in Southern California for the next several years, spending two seasons (1996-97 and 1997-98) as an assistant coach at San Diego, where he was also the recruiting coordinator.

He spent the next six seasons (1999-2004) at UC Santa Barbara. He was the Gauchos’ top assistant as UCSB averaged 18 wins a season during his last three years there. UC Santa Barbara won the Big West Conference’s West Division in 1999 and captured the 2002 Big West Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Gauchos won the Big West regular season title and made an appearance in the NIT in 2003.

Wilson was an assistant the last four seasons (2005-08) at Utah. During his first season, the Utes went 29-6, won the Mountain West Conference’s regular-season title, advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen and finished the year ranked 18th nationally by the Associated Press.

As a player with the Waves, Wilson ended his career in fifth place on the all-time assists list with 342 (he still ranks ninth). Under head coach Jim Harrick, Wilson was a backup point guard in 1984-85 and 1985-86, and the Waves advanced to the NCAA Tournament both seasons. A back injury sidelined Wilson for the entire 1986-87 campaign, but he took over as the starting point guard in 1987-88. Unfortunately, he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the 17th game of the season, though the Waves still advanced to the NIT.

Asbury took over as head coach in 1988-89, and Wilson’s extensive rehabilitation paid off as he returned to the starting lineup as a senior and led the Waves to a 20-13 record and the second round of the NIT.

He graduated from Pepperdine in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

A native of Pacoima, Calif., Wilson was a prep standout at Simi Valley High School. He was named the Marmonte League’s Most Valuable Player as a 1983-84 senior. One of his teammates was future NBA standout Don MacLean.

Wilson once ran a free basketball camp in his hometown for around 100 under-privileged kids each summer.

He and his wife, Mayra, have a daughter, Jessica, and a son, Jalon.