Faulkner Lifestyle September 2019 Issue

Coach Williams Played in NFL
UCA Defensive Coordinator, Chad Williams played five
seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played
professionally for the Baltimore Ravens from 2002–2006,
for the San Francisco 49ers in 2006-2007, and the
Kansas City Chiefs in 2007. During his five years in the
NFL, Williams played in 79 career games, six of which he
started. He had 164 tackles and 9 interceptions. In addition,
he scored three touchdowns, recorded 7 sacks, and
deflected 25 pass attempts.
Williams attended college at The University of Southern
Mississippi, and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of
Science in Coaching and Sport Administration, and is
working toward a Master‘s of Science in Sport Management
from Middle Tennessee State.
Chad Williams
Defensive Coordinator
”Good is not enough. Every day in all that
we do, we have to strive to get better;
only through excellence can we achieve
greatness,“ on his viewpoint going into
the season.
—Chad Williams, Coach
Chad Williams joined the UCA staff in 2018. He is entering
his ninth year of coaching, with previous coordinating stops at
Valdosta State University and the University of West Georgia.
He is thrilled to be on staff with Nathan Brown at UCA.
2019 Football Coaches
2019 Football Team
With most of your defensive backfield returning, do you
feel this will be the strength of your defense?
Absolutely! Whenever you have three of the four returners
from the previous season coming back with experience, that’s
definitely a position of strength for us, and we are going to
lean on those guys this year.
With the increased passing in college football, how does
that impact your defensive approach?
Not much. In my opinion, football games and championships are
won a certain way, and we can’t lose sight of that. We are going
to continue focusing on stopping the run first, and when passing
situations present themselves, we can defend that as well.
What changes did you make in the off-season to impact
the upcoming season?
Following every season, we evaluate and analyze what we did
well and what we didn’t do as well. Coming into 2019, we
really made a point of emphasis of focusing on fundamentals and
effort. I think our young men are doing a great job with that so far.
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