He led Tarleton to conference championships in men's basketball, football, tennis, track, and golf.
[2] He also played violin with the orchestra at North Texas State Normal College and sang with campus musical organizations.
[2] Wisdom worked for a time as a business teacher at Tyler Commercial College and later taught English and coached women's basketball for a year at Paducah High School.
Tarleton's 86-game streak remained a national record until UCLA won 89 consecutive games in the 1970s.
[2] Wisdom was credited with innovations, including the use of the "one-handed" shot and tracking statistics on players' percentage of field goals converted.