Tom Williams (American football)
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Linebackers coach |
| Team | FIU |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 22, 1969 Fort Worth, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1992 | Stanford |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1994 | Stanford (GA) |
| 1995 | Fujitsu Frontiers (DC) |
| 1996–1998 | Hawaii (LB/DC) |
| 1999–2001 | Washington (LB) |
| 2002–2003 | Stanford (DC/LB) |
| 2004 | Stanford (assoc. HC) |
| 2005–2006 | San Jose State (DC/LB) |
| 2007–2008 | Jacksonville Jaguars (DA/ST) |
| 2009–2011 | Yale |
| 2012 | UTEP (SAF) |
| 2013 | FIU (LB) |
| 2014–present | Greenhill School |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–14 |
Tom Williams (born December 22, 1969) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Greenhill School, a position he assumed in July 2013, until early 2017. Williams served as head coach at Yale University from 2009 to 2011, compiling a record of 16–14. He was a linebacker at Stanford University.
Williams attended Trinity Valley School in his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. During his tenure at Trinity Valley he earned all-state honors in football, basketball, and baseball. Williams graduated from high school in 1988.
Williams went on to pursue academics at Stanford University. While pursuing academics, Williams was also a four-year starter and letterman for the Stanford Cardinal. He played linebacker for the Stanford Cardinal from 1989–1992 and served as a team captain his senior year. He was a two-time member of the Academic All-Pac-10 team and an honorable mention for All-Pac-10 his senior season.
Williams worked as an assistant coach at Stanford University, the University of Hawaii, San Jose State University, and University of Washington before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars as an assistant coach from 2006 to 2008.
He accepted an offer, in January 2009, to become the head football coach at Yale; he was the first black head football coach in the school's history and the second in the history of the Ivy League.
On November 17, 2011, the Rhodes Scholarship pursuits of Yale's Patrick Witt brought attention to Williams's claim that he was also a Rhode Scholarship finalist. Williams claimed that he skipped his final interview in order to attend a NFL tryout. However, Rhodes Scholarship officials stated that they have no record of Tom Williams applying for a Rhodes Scholarship, and his name does not appear in the scholarship's trust databases. Yale launched an internal review on the matter.
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