Richard Williams (basketball coach)

For other people named Richard Williams, see Richard Williams (disambiguation).

Richard Williams
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Arkansas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986-1998 2001 2003 2004 2008-2009 2009 2010-Present	Mississippi State Memphis Houn'Dawgs(ABA) Pearl High School Jackson Rage (WBA) UAB (Dir. of BB Operations) LA Tech (Dir of BB Admin) Arkansas State (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	191-163
Accomplishments and honors
Championships SEC Tournament Championship (1996) SEC Regular Season Championship (1991) SEC Western Division Championship (1995, 1996)
Awards SEC Coach of the Year (1991, 1995)

Richard Williams was the college basketball head coach at Mississippi State from 1986 to 1998. He is the 2nd winningest coach in school history with 191 victories (191-163 .540) bested only by his former assistant, Rick Stansbury. 1991 squad made the NCAA tournament losing in the first round. His 1995 squad made the Sweet Sixteen, and his 1996 squad made the school's only Final Four appearance losing to Syracuse 77-69. He has received two Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year awards. Richard Williams resigned as the head coach at MSU two years removed from his Final Four appearance. After leaving MSU He coached the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the ABA and the Jackson Rage of the WBA. and coached for a time at his alma mater, Pearl High School. He served as the Director of Basketball Administration at UAB in 2008 and in 2009 he was named the Director of Basketball Administration and Program Coordinator for the Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team on a volunteer basis.

Williams is currently as assistant coach for Arkansas State under former LSU Head Coach John Brady.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mississippi State (Southeastern Conference) (1986–1998)
1986-1987	Mississippi State	7-21	3-15	10th
1987-1988	Mississippi State	14-15	6-12	10th
1988-1989	Mississippi State	13-15	7-11	8th
1989-1990	Mississippi State	16-14	7-11	T-8th	NIT Second Round
1990-1991	Mississippi State	20-9	13-5	1st	NCAA First Round
1991-1992	Mississippi State	15-13	7-9	4th (West)
1992-1993	Mississippi State	13-16	5-11	5th (West)
1993-1994	Mississippi State	18-11	9-7	3rd (West)	NIT First Round
1994-1995	Mississippi State	22-8	12-4	T-1 (West)	NCAA Sweet 16
1995-1996	Mississippi State	26-8	10-6	T-1st (West)	NCAA Final Four
1996-1997	Mississippi State	12-18	6-10	T-3rd (West)
1997-1998	Mississippi State	15-15	4-12	5th (West)
Mississippi State:		191-163	89-113
Total:		191-163
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

References

http://statsheet.com/mcb/coaches/richard-williams

http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/mbk/mbk_0910mg_history.pdf?SPSID=90871&SPID=10994&DB_OEM_ID=16800