The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
A 15-year Major League Baseball veteran and longtime junior college assistant, Woody Williams, joined the Texas Baseball staff as an assistant coach in July 2022. Williams will serve as the Longhorns pitching coach.
Williams spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at San Jacinto College, helping lead the Gators to the Junior College World Series five times. Prior to joining San Jac, Williams coached three years at Fort Bend Christian Academy and spent two seasons with the Houston Heat.
The 15-year Major League Baseball veteran pitched for four different teams from 1993 to 2007 and was an All-Star in 2003.
While Williams was on staff at San Jacinto College the Gators sent numerous players onto Division I baseball as well as to the Major League Baseball draft, highlighted by 2019 first round pick RHP Jackson Rutledge.
Williams had an accomplished MLB career, pitching for 15 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros. He logged more than 2,000 innings pitched and won 132 games with a 4.19 career ERA.
He was an MLB All-Star in 2003 with the Cardinals, going 18-9 with a 3.87 ERA and 153 strikeouts in 220.2 innings.
Prior to his 20-year professional baseball career, Williams was a two-way standout at the University of Houston. Williams played shortstop and pitched for the Cougars from 1987-88. During the 1988 season, Williams pitched 100 1/3 innings and posted a 3.32 ERA with nine wins.
Williams and his wife, Kim, have five children – Katelyn, Sarah, Hannah, Lily, and Caden.
