Returning to his alma mater in 2007 after spending 18 months as the head golf professional at Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro, N.C., Kevin Williams guided the 2007-08 Lady Pirate golfers to a school-record six tournament team titles and its first ever national-ranking on Oct. 1, 2007 (No. 20/ Golfweek). The Pirates found themselves ranked in GolfWeek's top-30 for 21 consecutive weeks and managed to be ranked in three of the four national polls top-30 for five straight weeks. Williams, the 2008 Conference USA Coach-of-the-Year, authored a 122-37-1 overall record which included five consecutive team titles and its fourth NCAA East Regional appearance. In his 11-and-a-half year tenure with the Pirates, Williams has guided the Pirates to a 705-308-11 mark, which has included three NCAA at-large bids (2003, '05 and '08), while also coaching Adrienne Millican to a 2004 NCAA Women's Golf Championship appearance. During the 2003 season, Williams picked up his first Coach-of-the-Year award after leading ECU to a 132-21-2 record, which included three wins over top 25 teams, three team titles and nine top-five finishes. In six seasons as the women's head coach, Williams has had 10 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-America Scholars, 12 All C-USA selections, four C-USA All-Freshman choices, one Player-of-the-Year (Abby Bools), Freshman-of-the-Year (Amber Littman) and C-USA All-Decade member in Millican. Lene Krog, who earned 2006 C-USA Freshman-of-the-Year, first-team all conference, all-tournament and league medalist honors was recruited by Williams and played under him during the fall of 2005. Williams also coached the men's program to a 987-808-26 overall record during his first tenure in Greenville. In 10-plus seasons guiding the men, he led the Pirates to six team tournament titles, 12 individual crowns and coached five Academic All-America selections. A 1985 graduate of ECU with a bachelor of arts degree in history, Williams originally returned to his alma mater on August 1, 1995 when he succeeding long-time coach and GCAA Hall of Fame member Hal Morrison to become the 15th golf coach in school history. Prior to heading the East Carolina golf program in 1995, Williams was the head golf professional and director of golf operations at the Kinston (N.C.) Country Club for eight years, dating back to 1987. While at Kinston CC, Williams was active as a junior golf coordinator/ teacher and a player in the Carolinas PGA Section. Williams' playing career highlights include victories in eight of the Carolina's PGA Pro-Am Championships. In addition, he also qualified for and competed in the 1989 and 1992 PGA Club Professional Championship. His career led him to get involved in the affairs of the Carolinas PGA Section, first as a member of the board of directors and later as a chairman of the tournament committee before his six years of service to the organization ended in 1997. Williams and wife Trude are the parents of son Patrick and daughter Anniken. |
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