Anthony Williams Position: Associate Head Coach/Sprint Coordinator Season: 14th

Anthony Williams enters his 14th year at Villanova and his fifth season as Associate Head Coach for both the Wildcat Men's and Women's teams in 2007- 2008. Williams brings to Villanova a sprint background influenced by his years growing up in Jamaica and competing at the collegiate level in the Southeastern Conference at Ole Miss. His coaching duties involve working with the Men and Women's sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers, and sprint relay teams Under his guidance, Villanova has elevated its sprint image dramatically on a national level with numerous athletes attaining national and international level performances. Since joining the staff thirteen years ago, Williams' sprinters have had a major impact on rewriting Villanova's sprint record books and garnering national recognition. His athletes have won 44 Big East Conference titles and garnered 24 NCAA All-American Awards in a variety of events. Williams' athletes have added great balance and diversity to the Villanova Track and Field tradition. These student-athletes have helped to give Villanova the distinction of having one of the most consistent and productive sprint programs on the east coast. Nationally, his hurdlers and long sprinters have consistently had an impact on the NCAA scene with high quality performances each year. In recent years, Williams has also developed some of Villanova's fastest 800m runners to add on to his sprint resume. Under Williams' guidance Villanova has seen the development of Wildcat's greats such as Kareem Archer who competed for Jamaica in the 1997 World Championships while only a Villanova Junior. In 1998 Kareem Archer also achieved the rare feat of making the final in every hurdles race offered at the NCAA level. Charmaine Walker was a six-time Big East Champion and three-time NCAA All American in the sprint hurdles. In 2001 she recorded the fastest time run at a Big East Championship in the 100m hurdles. Nic O'Brien set a New Zealand national record in the 400m hurdles and he also earned a national title as a member of the 2003 DMR team. Mike Brown won Penn Relay Championship titles in the 400m hurdles and DMR relay, and won a national title on the 2002 Championship DMR relay team. He also has the distinction of winning conference titles in both the flat 400m and 400m hurdles event. Monique Morgan continued Villanova's strong tradition in the sprint hurdles with Williams and in 2006 and 2007 she earned All-American status by finishing in the top eight at the NCAA Championships and won several Big East titles. Elvis Lewis is the latest sprinter that has blossomed with Williams. In two years he has won five Big East titles and broke 46 seconds for the 400m. Elvis also ran one of the top ten times in the country for the 400m during the 2007 Outdoor season. Kia Davis has also participated in the NCAA for Villanova in the 100m hurdles and 4x400m relay and she continues to compete today specializing in the 400m. Anthony's scope has not been limited to the sprints, recently he has guided some of Villanova's fastest 800m runners over the last decade. Paul Moser has run 1:48.34 for the 800m and he also contributed to Villanova winning an NCAA DMR relay title in 2003. Arusha McKenzie has developed into one of the top 800m runners in the east and she has run 2:07.82 for 800m. Drew Eckman has also relayed 1:47 for the 800m in 2006 at the NCAA Championships and Penn Relays in addition to his impressive string of Big East titles in the 400m hurdles and 500m. Carlos Bedoya, Kesha Walley, Melanie Sklepko, Sherese Price, and Antoine Johnson have all won Big East titles and or made NCAA Championship appearances with Williams in sprinting events. Not to be limited to the Track, Williams also has guided a pair of standout jumpers, Jermaine Deans and Marlena Robinson to multiple appearances at the NCAA, while also winning numerous Big East titles in the triple and long jump. In 1998, Deans dominated the jumps on the East coast, and was named, "Big East Most Outstanding Field Event Performer" at the indoor championships. He also set a conference long jump record at the outdoor championships the same year. Williams serves as Director of both the Wildcat Track and Field and Speed Camps. He is the meet director of Villanova's two home meets; The Jack Pryah Invitational and The Tuppeny Twilight. Williams is prominent in the administrative running of the Track and Field Office and he is heavily involved n the recruitment of international Student Athletes.

A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Williams attended Blinn College in Texas where he was captain of two national championship teams and a Junior College All-American in the sprints and triple jump. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in management from the University of Mississippi, where he was a Dean's List student- athlete and also an Academic All-SEC honoree.

In 1994 and 1998, Williams was the Jamaican national champion in the triple jump and he went on to represent Jamaica internationally on several national teams. Prior to coming to Villanova, he spent three years as a volunteer jumps coach at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, New Jersey.

Williams is married to Pat Itanyi and has one daughter, Tonya and two nieces, Danielle and Brianna.

WILLIAMS' COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 24 All-Americans

• 44 Big East Champions

• 11 ECAC/IC4A Champions

• 29 Villanova Records