EX-NBA Player Mo Williams reported to join Jackson State University as Head Basketball Coach
Ex-NBA player Mo Williams, the current Alabama State Hornets’ basketball head coach, has been reported to be leaving his current job to take the men’s head basketball coach at Jackson State University.
Williams played 14 seasons in the NBA and was an NBA All-Star in 2009. In 2016, he won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers he then retired the following year, according to the Montgomery Advisor. Then in 2018, Williams coaching career started as an assistant under Mark Gottfried at Cal State Northridge.
Williams has been Alabama State’s head coach for two seasons “with an 11-34 record and a 10-23 conference record,” according to WLBT. According to the reports, Williams will be set to return to his hometown city of Jackson to lead the men’s basketball players at Jackson State, Stadium‘s basketball analyst Jeff Goodman reported according to The Montgomery Advisor.
The news comes after reports surfaced that current JSU coach Wayne Brent is expected to retire at the end of the 2021-22 season, according to Clarion Ledger.
At the time of his hiring Alabama State’s head basketball coach in 2020, Williams told Sports Illustrated that he was confident about taking his first head-coaching gig.
“I felt I was prepared, I was confident, I knew I can do a great job,” Williams told SI.com. “It wasn’t like I was throwing darts on the wall and seeing what sticks. It was a situation where I knew it was a good fit. The more I did my research, the more that became evident.”
Williams also spoke about why he took the job at Alabama State.
“Obviously, my roots are there,” he said. “Alabama is home to me, and my mom is from Alabama. I went school at Alabama, grew up in Mississippi. It’s familiar territory. Everything checked the boxes for me taking the job.”
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