Herbert L Williams was born on February 16,1958 and is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association for eighteen seasons from 1981 to 1999.
16 Facts About Herb Williams
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Herb Williams was last an assistant coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.
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Herb Williams was a four-year starter for the Ohio State Buckeyes, scoring 2,011 points and pulling down 1,111 rebounds.
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Herb Williams is the school leader in career field goals made, with 834 in 114 games.
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Herb Williams is second all-time in career blocked shots with 328.
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Herb Williams led the Buckeyes in scoring that year with an average of 17.6 points per game.
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Herb Williams was a team co-captain in both his junior and senior years.
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Herb Williams was a first-round draft choice of the Indiana Pacers in 1981, where he played from 1982 to 1989 and had his most productive years.
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Herb Williams remains among the Pacers' top ten career leaders in rebounds, blocks, and games played.
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Herb Williams played one game for the Toronto Raptors in 1996 before being waived and quickly returned to the Knicks.
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Herb Williams worked under head coaches Don Chaney and Lenny Wilkens.
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When Wilkens resigned in 2005, Herb Williams took over as head coach.
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On July 26,2005, Larry Brown was hired as the head coach of the Knicks, thus ending Herb Williams's head coaching tenure.
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Herb Williams worked as an assistant coach under Thomas and Mike D'Antoni, and continued to be in the coaching staff under Mike Woodson until Phil Jackson fired the entire staff in 2014.
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Herb Williams has coached for the Knicks' NBA Summer League team.
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On March 26,2015, Herb Williams was hired as the assistant coach of the WNBA's New York Liberty.