DanielWilliams

Daniel Williams

Daniel Williams enters his third season at the University of North Alabama and first as Director of Basketball Operations for the Lions. He arrived at UNA after four years as an assistant coach in the high school ranks in the Birmingham area, including two at Pleasant Grove High School and two at Clay-Chalkville High School. During those four years he also coached AAU basketball with the Southeast Elite/Team Carroll organization which participated in both the Nike EYBL and the Adidas Gauntlet.  Throughout the four years as a high school and AAU coach, Williams had 24 players, linked to him, that continued their education on an athletic scholarship, including Wendell Carter, Jr, who was chosen as the 7th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

Williams holds a degree from The University of Alabama. He was a student manager for three years under the direction of Anthony Grant from 2009-2012.  During his time as a manager he saw the Crimson Tide win an SEC Western Division championship in 2011 and compete as a finalist during the National Invitational Tournament (NIT).  In 2012, the Crimson Tide was selected as an NCAA tournament participant, losing to the Creighton Blue Jays in the first round.  Also, while at Alabama, Williams worked under, then assistant coach, and now head coach of the North Alabama Lions, Tony Pujol.

Prior to Alabama, Williams attended Shelton State Community College for one year where he was a student manager for the Buccaneers and former head coach Barry Mohun.  During the 2008-2009 season, the Bucs went 32-4 while winning the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) regular season and the NJCAA Region 12 tournament championship. The Bucs received an automatic bid to compete in the Junior College national tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Williams is from Pleasant Grove, Alabama and graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 2007.