Biography
In 1972, Dr. Robert Hayes, the then Dean of the College of Education at Marshall University, recruited Williams to Marshall to be a professor in the Department of Physical Education and head track coach. He coached track for two years and again negotiated the construction a new all-weather track to be constructed at Marshall.
Williams left coaching in 1974 and spent the balance of his years in the classroom and sought to expand the Phys. Ed Department to a more active and market driven division. He became Chair of the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. During his years as Chair, the Department established degree programs in athletic training, sports administration, and an ongoing curriculum and research in sports medicine with the then Marshall University College of Medicine.
He was inducted in the Marshall University Sports Medicine Hall of Fame in 2004.
Williams completed his career at Marshall University by serving as the Director of the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Research and Economic Development.