Sources: Tom Williams new Yale coach

[dbackjon]

New Haven (WTNH) - Sources tell Sports Team 8 that Tom Williams, a defensive assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars, will be the new head coach of the Yale football team.

The formal announcement will be on Wednesday.

Williams has coached with Hawaii, Washington, Stanford and San Jose State before joining the Jaguars in 2007.

Williams will be replacing Jack Siedlecki, who announced his retirement in November after 12 years at Yale.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/sports_wtn ... 0901051550

[dbackjon]

Looks like this might have been choice number 4 or so...

A third candidate for the Yale football coaching vacancy has decided to stay put and not pursue the position.


Steve Addazio, the offensive line coach at the University of Florida, was promoted to offensive coordinator on Saturday, taking him out of the running for the Yale post. Addazio followed University of Massachusetts coach Don Brown and Holy Cross coach Tom Gilmore, who withdrew their names from consideration earlier this month.


A person familiar with the search process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential deliberations, told the News earlier this month that Brown and Gilmore were seen as the two front-runners to succeed Jack Siedlecki, who last month announced his retirement after 12 seasons as Yale’s head football coach. After they removed themselves from the search, the New Haven Register identified the 49-year-old Addazio, the former head coach at Cheshire (Conn.) High School, as the University’s top choice for the position.


http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26955

With Addazio out of the picture, it is unclear where the Athletics Department will turn next. The Register has identified only one other candidate who has interviewed with Yale: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive assistant Tom Williams, who has never before served as a head coach.

[dbackjon]

Official Now

Jags assistant Williams takes over at Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—Jacksonville Jaguars defensive assistant Tom Williams was introduced Wednesday as the head football coach at Yale, making him the first African-American to hold the job and only the second black coach in the Ivy League.

Williams replaces Jack Siedlecki, who retired in November after 12 seasons to become an assistant athletic director at the school.

“I am dedicated to bringing an exciting brand of football that the Yale players and fan base will both embrace and enjoy,” Williams said in a written statement released just prior to the news conference.

The 39-year-old Williams has been an assistant coach for the Jaguars the past two seasons and has been an assistant at Hawaii, Washington, Stanford and San Jose State. This will be his first head coaching job.

Columbia coach Norries Wilson is the only other black football coach in the Ivy League.

Carm Cozza, the legendary Yale coach and a member of the search committee, said Williams brings an impressive ability to relate to the unique pressures of being a student-athlete at a school where the student part comes first.

Williams is a former Rhodes Scholar candidate who played linebacker at Stanford.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... &type=lgns

[Wedgebuster]

Are they in the process of re-instating football?