Joel Williams
Joel Williams Named Assistant Men’s Track & Field Coach
8/18/2011 10:30:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Davidson men's cross country and track & field head coach Gary Andrew announced the addition of assistant coach Joel Williams to the Wildcats' staff Thursday.
Williams arrives in Davidson after a four-year stint as the assistant men's and women's track and field coach at Williams College.
“Joel is a great addition to our staff and we're excited to have him join us,” said Andrew. “He's a highly successful coach who brings a wealth of experience in the sprints, hurdles and field events.”
At Williams College, Williams guided his track athletes to 88 all-conference honors and to 43 NCAA Division III All-American honors. His athletes also earned 22 individual and relay conference championships and 16 trips to the NCAA Championships. The Williams College track team also earned eight team conference championship titles and placed in the top five at the NCAA Track & Field Championships three times. Williams' athletes also performed well in the classroom as five earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and one was named an Academic All-American.
“I'm excited and grateful to have to opportunity to be apart of Wildcat Athletics,” said Williams. “One of my goals has always been to work with college athletes that are competitive at the highest levels, both in the classroom and on the field. I don't think you can find a better place to do that than Davidson.”
This past spring, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Williams the New England Region men's assistant coach of the year. He received the same honor for women's coaching in 2009.
Williams has also coached track & field at Division III institutions Elmhurst College (Ill.), Aurora University (Ill.), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) and at Division I Kent State (Ohio).
Williams also assisted with the Williams College volleyball team and has coached approximately 300 all-conference athletes, nearly 100 NCAA qualifiers, over 50 NCAA All-Americans and one NCAA champion.
Williams is a Chicago native and earned his B.A. in physical education from North Central College in Naperville, Ill. At North Central he competed on the track & field team, helping the Cardinals win three consecutive College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) titles from 1996-98. Williams earned All-CCIW Honors (100m, 200m, & 4x100m) each of those three years.
He was named team co-captain and qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in the indoor 55-meters and outdoor long jump, 100m, 200m and 4x100-meter events (1996-1998), twice achieving All-American honors in the 200m and 4x100m Relay. In 1998, Williams capped his collegiate career as a member of the national champion 4x100 Relay as North Central won its fourth NCAA team title.
While at NCC, Williams was also an assistant women's varsity volleyball coach and head JV coach, guiding the Cardinals to a 106-63 overall mark and two berths in the conference championship match.
Williams arrives in Davidson after a four-year stint as the assistant men's and women's track and field coach at Williams College.
“Joel is a great addition to our staff and we're excited to have him join us,” said Andrew. “He's a highly successful coach who brings a wealth of experience in the sprints, hurdles and field events.”
At Williams College, Williams guided his track athletes to 88 all-conference honors and to 43 NCAA Division III All-American honors. His athletes also earned 22 individual and relay conference championships and 16 trips to the NCAA Championships. The Williams College track team also earned eight team conference championship titles and placed in the top five at the NCAA Track & Field Championships three times. Williams' athletes also performed well in the classroom as five earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and one was named an Academic All-American.
“I'm excited and grateful to have to opportunity to be apart of Wildcat Athletics,” said Williams. “One of my goals has always been to work with college athletes that are competitive at the highest levels, both in the classroom and on the field. I don't think you can find a better place to do that than Davidson.”
This past spring, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Williams the New England Region men's assistant coach of the year. He received the same honor for women's coaching in 2009.
Williams has also coached track & field at Division III institutions Elmhurst College (Ill.), Aurora University (Ill.), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) and at Division I Kent State (Ohio).
Williams also assisted with the Williams College volleyball team and has coached approximately 300 all-conference athletes, nearly 100 NCAA qualifiers, over 50 NCAA All-Americans and one NCAA champion.
Williams is a Chicago native and earned his B.A. in physical education from North Central College in Naperville, Ill. At North Central he competed on the track & field team, helping the Cardinals win three consecutive College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) titles from 1996-98. Williams earned All-CCIW Honors (100m, 200m, & 4x100m) each of those three years.
He was named team co-captain and qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in the indoor 55-meters and outdoor long jump, 100m, 200m and 4x100-meter events (1996-1998), twice achieving All-American honors in the 200m and 4x100m Relay. In 1998, Williams capped his collegiate career as a member of the national champion 4x100 Relay as North Central won its fourth NCAA team title.
While at NCC, Williams was also an assistant women's varsity volleyball coach and head JV coach, guiding the Cardinals to a 106-63 overall mark and two berths in the conference championship match.