Jimmy Williams
Basketball Coach
Who is Jimmy Williams?
Jimmy Williams is an American basketball coach. Williams is a native of Havana, Florida and graduated from Ashland University in 1970. He is currently an assistant coach with the University of Memphis men's basketball team under head coach Josh Pastner.
Williams began his coaching career in 1969-1970 at Ashland University, as the head coach of the junior varsity team. Williams became an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1971. He remained with the program until 1986. He served as the interim head coach for the Golden Gophers during the 1985-86 season. During his time as an assistant at Minnesota he worked under both Bill Musselman and Jim Dutcher.
After two-years away from coaching, Williams returned to the collegiate ranks as an assistant for J.D. Barnett at the University of Tulsa in 1988. He spent two seasons in Tulsa before moving on to San Diego State University, where he was an assistant for three seasons with the Aztecs. In 1992 he became an assistant coach and later associate head coach at University of Nebraska. He later coach at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Oklahoma State University.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Jimmy Williams." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/biography/jimmy-williams/m/03cf4m6>.
Discuss this Jimmy Williams biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In