Joe Williams (basketball): Difference between revisions

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date year|51 |1986|1|291934}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-01-29-8601060806-story.html |title=Williams Quits as Pressure Builds at FSU |website=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |first=Craig |last=Barnes |date=January 29, 1986 |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref>

| birth_place = [[Morton, Mississippi]], U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2022|3|26|88}}

| death_place = [[Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi|Enterprise, Mississippi]], U.S.

| alma_mater = [[Tulane University]]

| coach_years1 = 1966–19701959–1960

| coach_team1 = [[JacksonvilleParker DolphinsJHS men's basketball|Jacksonville]](FL)

| coach_years2 = 1970–19781960–1962

| coach_team2 = [[FurmanJean PaladinsRibault men'sHigh basketballSchool|FurmanRibault HS (FL)]]

| coach_years3 = 1978–19861962–1963

| coach_team3 = [[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball|Florida State]] (assistant)

| championships = [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach|NCAA Regional—Final Four]] ([[1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1970]])<br />3 [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] regular season (1974, 1975, 1977)<br />5 [[Southern Conference Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|SoCon Tournamenttournament]] ([[1971 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|1971]], 1973–1975[[1973 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|1973]]–[[1975 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|1975]], [[1978 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|1978]])

'''Joe Williams''' (born c.1934 – March 26, 2022) iswas an American retiredmen's [[college basketball]] coach. He was the head coach of theat [[Jacksonville University]] men's basketball team from 1964 to 1970, [[Furman University]] from 1970 to 1978, and the [[Florida State University]] from 1978 to 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-sports-college-basketball-jacksonville-john-wooden-37ea3b15315d0e145ca56c17e48ea049|title=Joe Williams, coached Jacksonville to NCAA title game, dies|first=Jim|last=Vertuno|publisher=Associated Press|date=March 26, 2022|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref>

Williams notably led [[Artis Gilmore]] and the [[1969–70 Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball team|Dolphins]] of [[Jacksonville University]] to the final game of the [[1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1970 NCAA Tournamenttournament]], where they lost 80–69 to [[Sidney Wicks]] and the [[1969–70 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA Bruins]], coached by [[John Wooden]], 80–69.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/2015/03/12/college-hoops-maravich-ucla-jacksonville/70212718/ |title=When college hoops had Maravich, UCLA and Jacksonville |first=Bob |last=Berghaus |website=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref>

During his lifetime, Williams iswas one of only 25 head coaches to have led three different teams to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]].<ref>{{cncite news|url=https://www.wyff4.com/article/former-hall-fame-furman-university-basketball-coach-dies/39545560|title=Former Hall of Fame Furman University men's basketball coach dies|first=Sam|last=Brooks|publisher=[[WYFF]]|date=AprilMarch 201926, 2022|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref> He is a 1994 inductee of the Jacksonville University athletic hall of fame,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://judolphins.com/hof.aspx?hof=17 |title=Joe Williams |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref> and a 1996 inductee of the Furman University Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.furmanpaladins.com/paladin_club/Hall_of_Fame/HallofFame |title=Furman University Athletic Hall of Fame |website=furmanpaladins.com |access-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407053914/http://www.furmanpaladins.com/paladin_club/Hall_of_Fame/HallofFame |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Williams' son, Blake, was an assistant basketball coach at Furman University in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.furmanpaladins.com/sportsnews/m-baskbl2010/2009-105/releases13/20100519lozbp95_13_2010_1656.aspx |title=Furman's Strong Promoted To Associate Head Coach, Williams Joins Paladins Staff |website=furmanpaladins.com |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=AprilJanuary 718, 20192022}}</ref> A nephew, [[Brian Johnson (pitcher)|Brian Johnson]], iswas an [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] pitcher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2015/07/boston_red_sox_lhp_brian_johns_1.html |title=Boston Red Sox LHP Brian Johnson shares 10 fun facts about himself -- from family to baseball |first=Christopher |last=Smith |website=masslive.com |date=July 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref>. Williams' son, Joe Williams Jr., confirmed his father's deathdied on Saturday, March 26, 2022, afterfrom acancer lengthyat battlethe withage cancerof 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33603454/joe-williams-coach-ncaa-men-basketball-tournament-finalist-jacksonville-dies-88|title=Williams, coach of NCAA finalist Jacksonville, dies|date=26 March 2022}}</ref>.

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