Bob Williams
Bob Williams (born July 13, 1953)
Teams coached: UC Davis Aggies, UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
UC Davis record^: 158-76 (.675)
UC Santa Barbara record: 313-260 (.546)
Overall record^: 471-336 (.583)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2002, 2010, 2011)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2003, 2008)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2015)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Big West Regular Season Champion: 4 (1999, 2003, 2008, 2010)
- NCAC (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 4 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
- Big West Tournament Champion: 3 (2002, 2010, 2011)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 1 (1998)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 4 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (1998)
Awards:
- Big West Coach of the Year: 3 (1999, 2003, 2010)
- NABC Div II Coach of the Year: 1 (1998)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1998-2017 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1990-1998 | UC Davis |
| 1988-1990 | Pepperdine (asst) |
| 1983-1988 | Menlo College |
| 1980-1983 | Cabrillo CC |
| 1978-1979 | Cabrillo CC |
Bob Williams Facts
- Bob Williams
- Born July 13, 1953
- Hometown: Woodland, California
- Alma Mater: San José State University (BA, 1976)
- Started his coaching career at the prep level in California, with positions at San Lorenzo Valley HS and Santa Cruz HS
- Spent four seasons, in two separate stints, as the head coach at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA
- In between stints at Cabrillo, Williams was head coach for one year at Lincoln HS in San José
- Was the head coach for five seasons at Menlo College Atherton, CA
- Spent two seasons as an assistant under Tom Asbury at Pepperdine in between head coaching jobs
- Hired in 1990 as the head coach at then-Division II UC Davis, where he coached the Aggies for eight seasons
- Reached the D-II NCAA Tournament in each of his final four seasons, winning the D-II National Championship in 1998
- Moved up to Division I in 1998, when he was hired as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara
- Coached the Gauchos for 19 seasons, going 313-260 during that time
- Went to the NCAA Tournament three times, two NITs, one CBI, one CIT and the inaugural Vegas 16
- Won 20+ games five times, finishing at .500 or above in 15 of 19 seasons
- Fired in March 2017 following a 6-22 season, his only single-digit win season at UCSB
Bob Williams Coaching Tree
- Brandon Laird (Sacramento State, Menlo College)
- Dedrique Taylor (Cal State Fullerton)
- Marty Wilson (Pepperdine)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and II levels only; UC Davis was a Division II program until 2004
