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Williams came to Virginia Tech following six seasons as the head coach of the Marquette Golden Eagles. At Marquette, he had a record of 139-69 and led the team to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the regional finals in the 2012-13 season—the same season that the team won the BIG EAST Conference regular- season title. He led the Golden Eagles to a 69- 39 Big East Conference record during his time in Milwaukee. During Williams’ tenure, six Marquette players made it to the NBA. Williams was an assistant at Marquette during the 2007-08 season. Marquette concluded the year 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. His coaching career has included stints as an assistant, associate head coach and head coach. He has been at the NCAA Division I level for 21 seasons, and the 2017-18 season will mark his 11th campaign as a head coach. Williams has recruited and coached more than 20 players who have earned all-conference accolades, including two league Players of the Year, two conference Freshmen of the Year and four Associated Press All-Americans. Williams arrived in Milwaukee after serving for a season as the head coach at the University of New Orleans, guiding the Privateers to a 14- win campaign in 2006-07. His roster featured Bo McCalebb, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. UNO claimed fourth place in the Sun Belt’s Western Division and advanced to the league tournament quarterfinals. The squad claimed as many victories on the road that season as it had in the previous three seasons combined. His recruiting class for the 2007-08 season was ranked in the top 50 nationally by HoopScoopOnline.com. Prior to UNO, Williams served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M for two seasons (2004-05 and 2005-06) under head coach Billy Gillispie. During those two seasons, he helped put together recruiting classes that were ranked among the best in the nation and featured some of the top-ranked talent at the prep level. The squad made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years in 2005-06, and the previous team posted the top turnaround in the nation, improving its win total in 2004-05 by 14 games compared to 2003-04. Williams spent four seasons (2000-04) at Colorado State, where he served as an assistant the first three seasons before being promoted to associate head coach in 2003-04. Two of the Rams’ recruiting classes were ranked among the 40 best in the nation during his time there, including the 2003 group, which was tabbed No. 1 in the Mountain West Conference. Colorado State made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 13 years during his tenure, and HoopScoopOnline.com named him one of the top assistants in the country. The Van Alstyne, Texas native also worked as an assistant at Northwestern State (1999-2000), Texas A&M-Kingsville (1998-99) and Texas- Arlington (1994-98). He earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology fromOklahoma City University in 1994 before completing his master’s work in the same field at Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1999. Williams is married to the former Corey Norman and the couple have two daughters, Zera and Addyson, and two sons, Calvin and Mason. @VT_MBBall @vthokiembb VTMBBALL 110