Corey Williams (basketball, born 1970)

For the former NBL player, see Corey Williams (basketball, born 1977).

Corey Williams

Williams in 2013
Auburn Tigers
Position	Assistant coach
League	Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born	(1970-04-24) April 24, 1970 Twiggs County, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Northeast (Macon, Georgia)
College	Oklahoma State (1988–1992)
NBA draft	1992: 2nd round, 33rd overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	1992–1998
Position	Point guard
Number	12
Coaching career	2000–present
Career history
As player:
1992–1993	Chicago Bulls
1993–1994	Oklahoma City Cavalry
1994	Minnesota Timberwolves
1994–1995	Grand Rapids Mackers
1995–1998	Dacin Tigers
As coach:
1994	Oklahoma State (assistant)
2000–2007	Oral Roberts (assistant)
2007–2013	Florida State (assistant)
2013–2019	Stetson
2019–2021	Arkansas (assistant)
2021–2023	Texas Tech (assistant)
2023	Texas Tech (interim)
2023–present	Auburn (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1993)
Career NBA statistics
Points	92 (2.4 ppg)
Rebounds	37 (0.9 rpg)
Assists	29 (0.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Corey Williams (born April 24, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Auburn Tigers of the SEC Conference. He is the former men's basketball head coach of Stetson University.

A 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) point guard from Oklahoma State University, Williams was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 1992 NBA draft. He played one season with the Bulls, averaging 2.3 points in 35 games as a reserve on a team which won the NBA Championship. He then spent the 1993–94 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, scoring 11 points in 4 games. He spent the majority of the 1994 season with the Oklahoma City Cavalry of the Continental Basketball Association.

Williams was also selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the twelfth round of the 1992 NFL draft, despite not having played football since junior high. He never joined the Chiefs.

After his playing career in the American professional leagues, Williams returned to Oklahoma State as a student assistant and was a member of the Cowboys' staff during their 1994 Final Four season. In 1995, Williams resumed to play professionally as he joined the Dacin Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Alliance in Taiwan. He was the assist leader and one of the main scorers for his team throughout the three seasons he played there until 1998. From 2000 to 2007, Williams was an assistant coach at Oral Roberts, and from 2007 to 2013 he was an assistant coach at Florida State University.

On June 3, 2013, Williams was named the head coach of Stetson. He was fired on March 6, 2019, with a six-year record of 58–133.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Stetson Hatters (ASUN Conference) (2013–2019)
2013–14	Stetson	7–24	5–13	8th
2014–15	Stetson	9–22	3–11	8th
2015–16	Stetson	12–22	4–10	T–7th
2016–17	Stetson	11–21	3–11	T–7th
2017–18	Stetson	12–20	4–10	7th
2018–19	Stetson	7–24	3–13	T–8th
Stetson:		58–133 (.304)	22–68 (.244)
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2023)
2022–23	Texas Tech	0–1	0–0
Texas Tech:		0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)
Total:		58–134 (.302)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• NBA career statistics