Darin Williams
“I was born and raised in Fresno, California. In 1985, I started coaching girls volleyball at my alma mater. I have two adult children; Jordon age 33 married with one child, which makes me a grandpa and Cory, age 25. I am currently the Men’s basketball coach at Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana.
What brought me to Sheridan? My dad is a Sheridan Bronc, Class of 1953. My mom is Crow from the Crow Indian reservation. My mom and dad met as teenagers and married and moved to California before I was born. What brought me to Sheridan was the head coaching job at Little Big Horn College. Started in December 2023. I was refereeing at VolleyFest in Billings when I met Coach Jeff Nichols.”
Sports Experience
• Coach Williams has coached girls volleyball for 18 seasons and is noted for rebuilding programs.
• In those 18 seasons, he lead them to five League Titles and two Semifinal Section Championship appearances.
• On the boys side, in his 7 year tenure, they accomplished one Semifinal Section appearance, one Section Runner-up and one Section Championship (Rings) in the Spring of 2022.
• There is no shortage of coaching experience and helping young athletes when it comes to Coach Williams…In his coaching career at the high school level, he has coached baseball, basketball, softball, track, and field and football.
• At the club or youth Level, he has coached baseball and basketball.
• This year at Blacktooth, Coach Williams has taken the lead on our Boys VB Program and we are very excited to have him on our team!
Why do I coach?
“There is no greater accomplishment than to communicate what I know, sharing my knowledge with athletes and seeing them produce at a level that is seemingly unreachable.”
What do I look forward to teaching my team?
“Attack, attack, attack! Every player on the court and on the bench has a purpose on the teams that I coach. Every player is an attacker. Every player plays an integral role on the team to achieve our team goal. Playing as one cohesive unit to achieve success.”
Why the philosophy of coaching "person first, athlete second" is important to me:
“Sports is an opportunity to help athletes understand life. It’s not just sports. Lessons learned on the court directly, parallel, the attributes that a person needs in life in order to achieve success in life.”
Other Tidbits
When Coach Williams isn’t in the gym or on the field, he is enjoying Powwows, watching the Dodgers, watching sports live (mostly high school), and he referees volleyball, basketball and baseball.”