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Coaching Experience
Bowl Games As A Player/Coach
At FAU While he returned both Nello Faulk and Jarrid Smith, the majority of the line would be new and both Faulk and Smith would switch to new positions. As the season progressed through the non-conference games, the Owls began to solidify the line. Redshirt freshman Nick Paris quickly became a solid contributor. The unit also suffered the preseason loss of Brandon Jackson, but the slack was picked up by several other, including John Rizzo, a freshman walk-on who was forced into a starting role, due to injuries, and played his way into a scholarship. The line showed its maturity in 2006 with better offensive statistics despite two new quarterbacks. The 2007 season began with FAU tallying 216 rushing yards against the defending conference co-champion. Two games later, following an upset victory over Minnesota, quarterback Rusty Smith invited the offensive line to join him at the post-game press conference. At season's end, when Smith was named Sun Belt Player of the Year, he spoke only of the "O" line and what they did for both the passing and running game. The line remained intact through the entire season, with several playing despite injuries. That experience paid dividens with the quarterbacks being sacked just 15 times which ranked no. 13 nationally. The offense also gained the second most offensive yards both on the ground and through the air, set a new record and protection was at an all-time high for the quarterback, despite the strength of schedule. John Rizzo and Jarrid Smith earned Sun Belt Conference second-team honors. At Findlay Williams came to Florida Atlantic after a five-year stint at the University of Findlay, a program that finished 2002 with a 9-2 record and a no. 25 national ranking among Division II schools. He served the last three years as the offensive coordinator and offensive line recruiting coordinator. Prior to Findlay, Williams was the offensive line coach as well as the running game and recruiting coordinator at Gardner-Webb University. He was responsible for an offensive line that gained over 2,000 yards on the ground while mentoring Ben Fuller to first-team All-SAC honors two consecutive seasons. His 1996-97 season was spent working with Steve Patton at North Carolina-Greenville. That season the Mounties offense was rated no. 4 nationally, averaging 31.0 points per game and 410 yards in total offense. His coaching career began at West Virginia, his alma mater, where he was a graduate assistant from 1994-96. He earned both his undergraduate degree (liberal arts '94) and master's degree (athletic coaching education '96) from WVU. Athletically, Williams was a three-year letterman and a two-year starter for the Mountaineers and was named the 1993 best lineman. He played in the 1989 Gator Bowl and the 1994 Sugar Bowl.
Following his collegiate career, the Cleveland, OH, native played one season of professional football for the Arena Football Leagues Cleveland Thunderbolts. His stint with the Thunderbolts was an opportunity to return home, where he had a standout career at perennial national power St. Ignatius (OH).
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