George Williams returned to both his alma mater and the women's basketball program as a volunteer for the 2022-23 season.
The 1973 graduate of NCCU previously served as an assistant coach for the Eagles for seven seasons from 2002-2009 and he held the title of assistant head coach when NCCU won its last league title in program history: the CIAA championship in 2006-07.
Williams worked as a teacher with the Durham Public Schools and was head girls coach at Hillside High School from 1988 to 1997, where he had five 20-win seasons, six state playoff appearances, three conference championships, three sectional championships, a regional championship and a state championship. Williams was a three-time PAC Coach of the Year and was picked as the 4-A State Championship Coach.
The four-sport athlete at Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, also coached girls track, wrestling and football at Hillside.
Williams played football at NCCU as a tight end and all-conference punter. He was a member of the 1972 MEAC Championship Team and served as a graduate assistant coach when the Eagles repeated in 1973.
Williams also coached at E.E. Smith High School and Fayetteville State University.
"Coach's hard-nosed defensive mindset is unwavering," said NCCU women's basketball head coach Trisha Stafford-Odom. "The same head coach standards and mentality that won him a 1996 Hillside Championship, and helped bring NCCU women's basketball the CIAA Championship in 2007 while an assistant, is what will propel this team to compete in every practice and every game. Offense and skill sets change, but the consistency of Coach Williams' philosophy, 'We can win if we stop them', is something I believe in strongly and the players have begun to adopt."
