Auburn women’s basketball’s new associate head coach? WNBA veteran Fred Williams

AUBURN — Johnnie Harris has employed 25-12 months WNBA veteran Fred Williams as Auburn women’s basketball’s new associate head coach, the school declared Wednesday.

Williams comes to Auburn from the Los Angeles Sparks, where he was an assistant coach given that 2019. He’s a former head mentor for the Atlanta Desire (2012-13) and the Dallas Wings (2014-18, a tenure beginning when the staff was the Tulsa Shock).

Through Williams’ 5 seasons in Atlanta, he was aspect of a few visits to the WNBA Finals, such as 2013 as head mentor. He also worked along with famous Auburn women’s basketball mentor Joe Ciampi, who came out of retirement to be part of the Dream’s staff for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Williams coached Southern Cal from 1995-97 right before going to the WNBA. This is his 1st return considering that then to the faculty game.

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“He delivers a wealth of expertise from the two the experienced and collegiate amounts, where by he received championships, developed trust with his gamers and developed them into All-People in america and WNBA All-Stars,” Harris reported in a assertion. “Fred will be a huge asset to our employees, as we keep on to make our fanbase through group outreach and mould our student-athletes into champions on and off the courtroom.”

Harris is coming into her second time as Auburn’s coach. The Tigers finished 10-18 (2-14 SEC)final year, but Harris confirmed promising flashes following inheriting a bottom-tier SEC software. Auburn’s 71-61 upset of Tennessee was its 1st gain from a top-5 team since 1997, and it snapped a 23-sport SEC getting rid of streak for Harris’ initial meeting acquire.

This short article initially appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: WNBA veteran Fred Williams joins Auburn women’s basketball coaching staff members