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Former Wildcat Dwight Perry named head coach at Wofford

Jack Pilgrim

SPARTANBURG,SC - FEBRUARY 08: Wofford Terriers interim head coach Dwight Perry during a college basketball game between the Western Carolina Catamounts and the Wofford Terriers on February 8, 2023, at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium in Spartanburg, S.C. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Dwight Perry was once a walk-on at the University of Kentucky, playing 19 total games for the Wildcats from 2006-09, scoring five total points. Fast forward 14 years, and the Durham, NC native is now the head coach of the Wofford College men’s basketball program.