Jim Williams (basketball)

Jim Williams
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1915-03-19)March 19, 1915 Malad City, Idaho
Died	May 31, 2007(2007-05-31) (aged 92) Fort Collins, Colorado
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1954	Snow
1955–1980	Colorado State
Head coaching record
Overall	352–283 (college)

Jim Williams (March 3, 1919 – May 31, 2007) was coach of the Colorado State University men's basketball program for 25 seasons (1955–1980). He succeeded Bill Stranigan following the program's first ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

During his tenure he amassed 352 wins, the most for any Division I college coach in Colorado history. His teams made a total of four NCAA Tournament and two NIT appearances. In 1969 he took the Rams to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, beating arch-rival Colorado in the Sweet Sixteen before losing a tightly contested game to Drake University.

Williams also served as the school's athletic director during the construction of Moby Arena and Hughes Stadium and the school's entrance into the Western Athletic Conference.

Following his dismissal in 1980 Williams continued to attend CSU games where he was given his own special courtside seat. Williams was also among the first entrants in CSU Sports Hall of Fame.

On May 31, 2007, Williams died at the age of 92.

References

Colorado State Rams men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1905)
Claude Rothgeb (1905–1910)
George Cassidy (1910–1911)
Harry W. Hughes (1911–1925)
Rudy Lavik (1925–1928)
Joe Ryan (1928–1934)
Saaly Salwachter (1934–1935)
Sam Campbell (1935–1937)
John Davis (1937–1945)
E. D. Taylor (1945–1949)
Bebe Lee (1949–1950)
Bill Strannigan (1950–1954)
Jim Williams (1954–1980)
Tony McAndrews (1980–1987)
Boyd Grant (1987–1991)
Stew Morrill (1991–1998)
Ritchie McKay (1998–2000)
Dale Layer (2000–2007)
Tim Miles (2007–2012)
Larry Eustachy (2012– )

Colorado State Rams athletic directors

John H. McIntosh (1904–1905)
Claude Rothgeb (1906–1910)
George Cassidy (1910–1911)
Harry W. Hughes (1911–1953)
Bob Davis (1953–1965)
Jim Williams (1965–1968)
Perry Moore (1968–1974)
Jack O'Leary (1974–1976)
Thurman "Fum" McGraw (1976–1986)
Oval Jaynes (1986–1991)
Corey Johnson (1991–1993)
Tom Jurich (1994–1997)
Doug Max # (1997)
Tim Weiser (1997–2000)
Jeff Hathaway (2001–2003)
Mark Driscoll (2003–2006)
Paul Kowalczyk (2006–2011)
Jack Graham (2011–2014)
John Morris # (2014–2015)
Joe Parker (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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