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Position: | Pro scout |
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Date of birth: | November 17, 1943 |
Place of birth: | Lyons, Texas |
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College: | Cal Poly Pomona |
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Ted J. Williams (born November 17, 1943) is an American football coach who is currently working in the pro scouting department for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was a position coach with the Eagles for 20 seasons from 1995−2014. He was also an offensive coordinator for Washington State from 1991−1993.
Williams taught and coached at Compton High School in Compton, California from 1968−1979 before being hired as the head coaching job at the Los Angeles City College in 1980. Soon after, he took a coaching job at UCLA to coach linebackers and running backs from 1980 to 1989 under Terry Donahue. At UCLA, he coached All-America linebackers Ken Norton and Carnell Lake as well as future NFL running backs Eric Ball, Mel Farr, Jr., Gaston Green, Freeman McNeil and Jairo Penaranda. From 1991 to 1993, Williams was Washington State University's offensive coordinator and running backs coach, coaching future NFL players Drew Bledsoe and Clarence Williams. In 1994, he coached University of Arizona's secondary.