Indiana State women’s basketball head coach Chad Killinger announced the addition of Clint Williams to the Sycamore women’s basketball staff on Monday afternoon.
“I am very happy to have Clint joining us at Indiana State,” Killinger said. “Having worked with him for three years at Moberly, I know firsthand how tirelessly he works when it comes to recruiting, how great a job he does at connecting with people, and how committed he will be to the success of the young women in our program. He has an infectious personality, understands what our expectation levels are, and his experience at the international-level will provide an additional perspective that many programs are not fortunate to have. I know our student-athletes will enjoy being around him and I look forward to working with him again.”
Williams comes to Indiana State after spending three seasons at Morehead State where he served as an assistant coach and the program’s recruiting coordinator. He also served as an assistant coach to Killinger while at Moberly Area Community College.
“I am beyond excited for the opportunity to reunite with Chad at a wonderful institution such as Indiana State University,” Williams said. “This is an opportunity I am most appreciative of, and look forward to meeting the wonderful people that make up the Sycamore community. I am ready to get to work.”
Coaching the Morehead State post players, Williams has overseen the Ohio Valley Conference’s top blocking team, ranking in the top-10 in the NCAA in total blocks and blocks per game in each of his three seasons. In addition to Morehead State’s place as the top blocking team in the OVC, the Eagles have also placed among the league’s top rebounding teams under Williams’s tutelage.
In 2019-20, he guided Ariel Kirkwood to OVC Defensive Player of the Year honors—the first such honors for a Morehead State Eagle—as she ranked 15th in the NCAA in blocked shots and blocked shots per game. Her 82 blocks ranked as the most among guards in the country and fourth amongst NCAA freshman.
Kirkwood also ranked as one of the top rebounders in the conference, placing third in the league in both total rebounds (256) and rebounds per game (8.5). As a team, Morehead State ranked fourth in the OVC in rebounding (1,196) and rebounds per game (39.87), both totals that ranked amongst the top 100 teams in the country.
During the 2018-19 season, Williams was an integral part of the Eagles’ success, helping guide the team to a modern-era record 24 wins and the program’s second-ever berth in the WNIT. He was also instrumental in helping the program pick up its first postseason victory, providing the pregame scouting report for Morehead State’s opening round victory over Ohio State.
Morehead State’s success in 2018-19 was due in large part to the team’s ranking as the top blocking and rebounding team in the OVC. The Eagles ranked ninth in the NCAA in blocks (188) and 10th in blocks per game (5.4) while leading the OVC in total rebounds (1,421) and ranking second in rebounds per game (40.6).
In Williams’ first two seasons at Morehead State, the Eagles were the lone team in the OVC to have three players ranked in the top-10 on the conference’s total blocks leaderboard with players ranked second, seventh, and ninth in 2019-20 and fourth, sixth, and 10th in 2018-19.
Alongside his duties at Morehead State, Williams also served as the head women’s basketball coach for the U.S. Virgin Islands Senior Women’s National Team, leading the team to a 2019 Pan American Games berth in Lima, Peru. With the Virgin Islands National Team, he is responsible for selecting the team’s players and organizing multiple facets of the team’s program.
During his time with the program, Williams has helped coach the team to a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA Centrobasket Tournament, defeating the world’s eighth-ranked Brazil at the FIBA America’s Tournament.
Prior to Morehead State, Williams was a three-year member of the Moberly Area Community College alongside head coach Chad Killinger, helping the Greyhounds to a 73-23 overall record. In his final season, Moberly Area captured NJCAA Region 16 and District K championships, finishing 32-1 with a school-record 96.9 winning percentage.
Before joining the Moberly Area coaching staff, Williams spent a lone season at NCAA Division II Merrimack (Mass.) College, helping the Warriors to a 14-13 record during the 2014-15 campaign.
Williams also spent a pair of seasons working on the men’s basketball staff at his alma matter, Tuskegee (Ala.), helping the Golden Tigers to a 2013-14 Southern Intercollegiate Conference championship and a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament Elite Eight.
Williams graduated from Arkansas Baptist College in 2010 with an associate’s degree in African American Leadership before transferring to finish up his basketball career at Tuskegee. Following his time at Tuskegee, he played professionally for the American Basketball Association’s Georgia Gwizzlies and the Kings team in the New Breed Basketball Association in the Virgin Islands.
He graduated from Tuskegee in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
