Greg Williams (basketball)

Greg Williams

Personal information
Born	(1947-01-27) January 27, 1947 (age 77)
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High school	Portland (Portland, Indiana)
College	Rice (1966–1969)
NBA draft	1969: undrafted
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1970–2015
Career history
As coach:
1970–1975	Rice (men's assistant)
1978–1980	Houston Angels (assistant)
1980–1981	Dallas Diamonds
1981–1983	SMU (assistant)
1984	Dallas Diamonds
1985–1990	Houston
1990–1997	Colorado State
1997	Utah Starzz (assistant)
1998–2000	Detroit Shock (assistant)
2001–2002	Detroit Shock
2003–2005	Dayton (assistant)
2005–2015	Rice
Career highlights and awards
As player: SWC co-Player of the Year (1969) First-team All-SWC (1969) As head coach: WAC Coach of the Year (1996) SWC Coach of the Year (1988) WABA Coach of the Year (1984) WBL Coach of the Year (1981) WAC champion (1996) WABA champion (1984) As assistant coach: WBL champion (1979)

Greg Williams (born January 27, 1947) is an American retired basketball coach. He played college basketball for Rice before starting a 45-year coaching career.

He coached both incarnations of the Dallas Diamonds. In the 1980–81 season, the team went 27–9 and he was named Women's Professional Basketball League Coach of the Year.^[1] After coaching at Southern Methodist University, he was named head coach of the WABA Dallas Diamonds. With his leadership, the team posted a 19–2 record. The team was the league champion and Williams was named WABA Coach of the Year.^[2]

He is a 1970 graduate of Rice University and spent the final 10 seasons of his coaching career (2005–2015) as the Rice women's basketball head coach. He lettered in basketball for three years while playing for the Owls and was named all-Southwest Conference as well as league Co-MVP in 1969. He earned his degree in physical education and was immediately hired as assistant coach of the men's team. Under the leadership of Don Knodel, Williams helped the Owls win the 1970 SWC championship.

Williams retired at the end of the 2014–15 season with a 141–170 record at Rice and an overall head coaching record of 342–309. He had also served as women's head coach at Houston and Colorado State.^[3]

References

1. "WPBL picks Rosie Walker best player". Omaha World-Herald. May 9, 1981. p. 24. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Player Bio: Greg Williams :: Women's Basketball Archived March 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Rice coach Greg Williams retires". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.

External links

• Rice bio