season there, before playing a further two seasons. In his two stints at Port Adelaide, Williams played 115 games, kicking 104 goals, and won four premierships. He retired from playing at the end of 1992, with a total of 380 league games to his name. Williams was also part of the 1990 and 1992 Premiership sides. Coaching career Glenelg Football Club (1993–1994) Williams coached SANFL club Glenelg in 1993 and 1994. Essendon Football Club (1995–1996) Williams joined AFL club Essendon as an assistant coach under senior coach Kevin Sheedy for the 1995 season and 1996 season. Port Adelaide Football Club (1997–2010) In 1997, Williams joined Port Adelaide as an assistant coach in its inaugural season in the AFL, and in 1999, won the head coaching role as senior coach of Port Adelaide, replacing John Cahill. Port Adelaide under Williams in his first year as senior coach in the 1999 season, finished in seventh place on the ladder making the finals, but were eliminated by the eventual premiers Kangaroos. In the 2000 season, Port Adelaide's on-field performance under Williams dropped en route to a fourteenth-place finish on the ladder with seven wins and fourteen losses. In the 2001 season, Williams guided Port to finish third on the ladder but were eliminated by Hawthorn in the semi-final. After this, Port Adelaide then won the minor premiership three seasons in a row under Williams' reign, firstly in 2002, Port under Williams were eliminated by the eventual premiers Brisbane Lions in the preliminary final, secondly in 2003, Port under Williams lost to eventual runners-up Collingwood in the preliminary final, and lastly in 2004, after failing to reach the Grand Final in either 2002 or 2003, the club under Williams went on to win its first AFL premiership in the 2004 Grand Final against the Brisbane Lions by a margin of forty points. In the 2005 season, Port under Williams finished in eighth place on the ladder with eleven wins, one draw and ten losses and therefore just made the finals. Port under Williams eliminated North Melbourne in the first elimination final in 2005, however Port under Williams were eliminated by Adelaide Crows in the 2005 semi final in a thrashing by 80 points. In the 2006 season, Port under Williams missed out of the finals, when their on-field performance dropped to finish twelve place on the ladder with eight wins and fourteen losses. In