Herb Williams
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| New York Liberty | |
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| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 16, 1958 Columbus, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Marion-Franklin (Columbus, Ohio) |
| College | Ohio State (1977–1981) |
| NBA draft | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall |
| Selected by the Indiana Pacers | |
| Playing career | 1981–1999 |
| Position | Center / Power forward |
| Number | 32 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1981–1989 | Indiana Pacers |
| 1989–1992 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1992–1996 | New York Knicks |
| 1996 | Toronto Raptors |
| 1996–1999 | New York Knicks |
| As coach: | |
| 2003–2005 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 2004, 2005 | New York Knicks (interim) |
| 2006–2014 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 2015–present | New York Liberty (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 11,944 (10.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,509 (5.9 rpg) |
| Blocks | 1,605 (1.5 bpg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Herbert L. Williams (born February 16, 1958) is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eighteen seasons from 1981 to 1999. Williams served as the interim head coach and the assistant coach of the NBA's New York Knicks. He is currently an assistant coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.
Williams was a four-year starter for the Ohio State Buckeyes, scoring 2,011 points (then a team record) and pulling down 1,111 rebounds (still second in team history only to Jerry Lucas). Williams is the school leader in career field goals made, with 834 in 114 games. He is second all-time in career blocked shots with 328.
Williams was named to the All-Big Ten team as a junior, when Ohio State finished the year with a 21-8 record and advanced to the NCAA regionals. He led the Buckeyes in scoring that year with an average of 17.6 points per game.
Williams was a team co-captain in both his junior and senior years.
Williams was a first-round draft choice of the Indiana Pacers in 1981, where he played from 1982 to 1989 and had his most productive years.
He was traded to the Dallas Mavericks midway through the 1988–1989 season on February 22 in exchange for forward Detlef Schrempf.
In 1992, he was signed by the New York Knicks, where he spent seven years backing up perennial All-Star Patrick Ewing. Williams played one game (31 minutes) for the Toronto Raptors in 1996 before being waived and quickly returned to the Knicks. The team made the 1994 and 1999 NBA Finals, with Williams serving as a team leader.
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