Perry Watson (born April 30, 1950) is an American college basketball coach from Detroit, Michigan.
Watson left Southwestern to take a position on Steve Fisher's staff at the University of Michigan in 1991, coinciding with the arrival of the Fab Five of which Rose was a member.
After two years as an assistant under Fisher, Watson was hired as the head coach at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he spent the next 15 seasons.
He led the Titans to three Horizon League titles, along with their first NCAA Tournament wins since advancing all the way to the Sweet 16 in 1977.
[2] Perry Watson was an important character witness in the University of Michigan basketball scandal.