players to win championships at three different levels, AAU, the NCAA with Arkansas, and the NBA with Detroit. Coaching career Williamson announced his retirement in September 2007 to become an assistant coach at Arkansas Baptist College. He worked as a volunteer coach during his three years at Arkansas Baptist, succeeding Charles Ripley as the head coach for his final season at the school. On March 12, 2010, Williamson was announced as the men's head basketball coach at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas. Promising to play an exciting style of play similar to his former head coach Nolan Richardson, Williamson's teams improved gradually each season, but still never won more than half of their games. On August 2, 2013, Williamson left Central Arkansas to become an assistant for the Sacramento Kings. On June 29, 2016, it was announced that Williamson had left the Kings to take an assistant coaching position with the Orlando Magic under new head coach Frank Vogel. Vogel previously was an assistant coach to Williamson back when he played under the 76ers. However, after Frank Vogel was fired in 2018, Williamson would be fired as well. On May 22, 2018, it was announced that Williamson would be hired by the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach under new head coach Igor Kokoškov. Williamson was previously connected to Igor by playing under him back when Kokoškov was an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons during the 2003–04 championship season. However, when Kokoškov was fired after his only season as head coach for the Suns, Williamson would also be fired alongside the rest of the team's coaching staff that season. References 1973 births Living people African-American basketball coaches African-American basketball players All-American college men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball players Basketball coaches from Arkansas Basketball players from Arkansas Central Arkansas Bears basketball coaches Detroit Pistons players McDonald's High School All-Americans Orlando Magic assistant coaches Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) People from Russellville, Arkansas Philadelphia 76ers players Phoenix Suns assistant coaches Power forwards (basketball) Sacramento Kings assistant coaches Sacramento Kings draft picks Sacramento Kings players Small forwards Toronto Raptors players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople