Tarron Williams - Football Coach - University of Richmond Athletics

Tarron Williams

Title:
Cornerbacks Coach
Email:
twilli2@richmond.edu
Phone:
287-6846

Tarron Williams is in his second season as cornerbacks coach for head coach Russ Huesman in 2022. Williams joined the Spiders after spending the past two years on staff at East Carolina as the director of player development under head coach Mike Houston.

2022 saw Angelo Rankin record 47 tackles while Tyrek Funderburk tallied 39, 10 pass breakups, two forced fumbles and scored his first career touchdown off a pick-six against Stony Brook and Aamir Hall recorded 28 tackles and had an interception under Williams' guidance.

Williams led a youth movement in the Spiders cornerbacks position in his first year in 2021. Richmond started at least one true freshmen or redshirt freshmen in every game last season and six times had both positions starting with first or second year players. Redshirt freshman Aamir Hall started all 11 games last season led the team with 12 pass breakups, the most by any non-uppper classman in the Colonial Athletic Association. True freshman Angelo Rankin started six games at corner last fall, making his first career interception at Stony Brook.

At ECU, he worked with the Pirate cornerbacks and assisted staff with implementing scheme and technique during practice and on game days. He was also the pro scout liaison and the academic liaison for the coaching staff. He helped coach Jaquan McMillan to a Second Team All-American Athletic Conference selection in 2020 and a Freshman All-America honor in 2019.

Prior to ECU, Williams spent a season as the cornerbacks coach at VMI under head coach Scott Wachenheim. He was tasked with recruiting Central Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Georgia and Texas for the Keydets. He recruited 2019 Freshman All-American Aljareek Malry and coached Freshman All-American cornerback Collin Loftis in 2018.

Williams spent two years in the Colonial Athletic Association on Houston’s staff at James Madison working first as a defensive quality control coach in 2016 and the assistant defensive line coach in 2017. He was part of the Dukes’ 2016 National Championship team helping out with the safeties and the 2017 FCS Championship runner-up team where he focused on in-state recruiting. In addition to assisting with the safety position, Williams was also responsible for monitoring academic progress and providing life skills development for the JMU program.

Williams coached three years at Lenoir Rhyne (2010-12) as a graduate assistant in the secondary for Mike Houston’s staff. He helped Bears with back-to-back South Atlantic Conference titles during his time. He earned a master’s degree in community counseling with school licensure from Lenoir-Rhyne in 2012.

Williams initiated his coaching career as a student assistant coach at Gardner-Webb during the spring of 2009 before accepting his first full-time position as defensive backs coach at Darlington (S.C.) High School.

A three-year starter in the secondary at Gardner-Webb, Williams excelled in the classroom with two selections to the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll. He was voted amongst teammates as the utility player of the year, playing three positions in 2008 (CB, FS, Bandit). Additionally, he won the Atlantic Sun Outdoor 100-meter championships in 2006. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from GWU in 2009.

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