Buzz Williams
Buzz Williams (born September 1, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Texas A&M Aggies
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
New Orleans record: 14-17 (.452)
Marquette record: 139-69 (.668)
Virginia Tech record: 100-69 (.592)
Texas A&M record: 95-62 (.605)
Overall record: 348-217 (.616)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2019)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2022)
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2016, 2022)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 1 (2013)
- SEC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- SEC Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Texas A&M |
| 2014-2019 | Virginia Tech |
| 2008-2014 | Marquette |
| 2007-2008 | Marquette (asst) |
| 2006-2007 | New Orleans |
| 2004-2006 | Texas A&M (asst) |
| 2000-2004 | Colorado State (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Northwestern State (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Texas A&M-Kingsville (asst) |
| 1994-1998 | Texas-Arlington (asst) |
Buzz Williams Facts
- Brent Langdon Williams
- Born September 1, 1972
- Hometown: Van Alstyne, Texas
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma City University (BS, 1994) / Texas A&M-Kingsville (MS, 1999)
- Began coaching right after graduation, Eddie McCarter‘s staff at Texas-Arlington in 1994
- Spent time as an assistant at D-II Texas A&M-Kingsville (under Pete Peterson), Northwestern State (under Mike McConathy), Colorado State (under Dale Layer) and Texas A&M (under Billy Gillispie) before being hired in 2006 as the head coach at New Orleans
- After one season at UNO, Williams joined Tom Crean‘s staff at Marquette as an assistant coach
- Just one year later, Crean left for Indiana and Williams was named the Golden Eagles’ head coach
- Williams led Marquette to five straight NCAA Tournaments and won two Big East regular season titles in six years
- Left in 2014 to become the next head coach at Virginia Tech, quickly taking a 9-22 team to 20 wins and a NIT berth in two years
- Reached three straight NCAA Tournaments from 2017-19, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 2019
- Hired in April 2019 to become the head coach at Texas A&M; went 16-14 (10-8 SEC) in his first season
- In his third year, Williams and the Aggies just missed the NCAA Tournament but finished as NIT Runner-up
- Williams was named SEC COY by the media in 2020 and again by the league’s coaches in 2023; received a contract extension through 2027-28
Buzz Williams Coaching Tree
- Tony Benford (LSU, North Texas)
- Dale Layer (Liberty)
- Bart Lundy (Milwaukee, Queens NC)
