Bulldog Biographies
Pam Gauld
Chad Lainn Aycock Wilson
Administrative secretary
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Pam Gauld is entering her 12th season as a member of the Georgia Basketball staff. She joined the Bulldogs in May of 2004 and is currently the Program Specialist. Gauld has been active within the Athens community since moving to the area in 1997. She volunteers at the UGA Catholic Center, as well as with events such as Relay for Life, Coaches vs. Cancer and Athens Regional Hospital’s “In Her Shoes.” Gauld helps coordinate the Catholic Center’s football parking for UGA game days, the church’s largest single fund raiser. Previously, Gauld served as the Catholic Center’s college student liaison. She also worked with the Human Race, a 5K run each spring that supports many of the church’s outreach programs. For numerous years, she spent two weeks each summer at Camp St. Francis, a camp for underprivileged local youth at Sacred Heart Camp adjacent to Lake Hartwell. Gauld is a native of Detroit, Mich., however, she and her husband John have lived in the South throughout their marriage.The couple lived in Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville,Tenn., before moving to Oconee County outside Athens. John Gauld is a teacher at North Oconee High School. Pam and John have three children: Patrick, a alumnus of both Georgia and Michigan State, who is a school psychologist in Chicago; Andrea, a Mercer graduate who is now an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy at Notre Dame of Maryland University and also runs a family clinic in the Baltimore area; and Emily, a Georgia alumnus who is currently a doctoral student in German Studies at the University of Michigan.
Following four seasons as a student manager with the Bulldogs, Chad Aycock joined the Georgia Basketbal staff as a graduate assistant in the summer of 2015. Among Aycock’s duties include the coordination of the Bulldogs’ social media efforts, which he began assisting with last season. He has helped grow the program’s twitter and instagram accounts to over 11,000 and 6,500 followers, respectively. A native of Columbus, Ga., Chad is the son of Chuck and Cindee Aycock. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Columbus High soccer team at left back and also played club soccer for CFC Red Star. Aycock graduated with honors from Georgia in May of 2015 with his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management. He is on track to earn a master’s in Sport Management in 2017.
. Lainn Wilson is in his second season as a graduate assistant on the Georgia staff and his sixth season affiliated with the Bulldogs’ program. The Augusta native served four seasons as a student manager for the Bulldogs. He was promoted to graduate assistant in the summer of 2014. In his current role, Wilson oversees all video operations, including the film exchange program, and he maintains the daily schedule of the players’ academic and athletic responsibilities. The son of Doug and Linda Wilson, Lainn was born in Newport News, Va., but grew up in Augusta and graduated from Evans High School in 2010. He earned his undergraduate degree in May of 2014 from the Terry College of Business in Finance. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Sports Management and Policy.
Student Manager Staff
Will Farnsworth
Bradley Holmes
Cooper Kostel
Trey McMutry
Derek Rufolo
Luke Stanaland
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