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Addison Williams was hired as Nebraska's defensive backs coachi n December of 2024. Williams joins the Husker coaching staff after spending the past four seasons at UCF, including coordinating the Knights’ defense in 2023 and 2024.
A native of Atlanta, Williams has 15 overall years of experience as a college coach. In 2023, Williams guided a Knight defense that led the Big 12 Conference in fewest passing yards allowed at 196.7 per game. UCF also ranked third in the league in team pass efficiency defense at 120.32. The Knights permitted only 12 opponent touchdown passes the program’s fewest allowed since 2001.
Upon his arrival at UCF, Williams made an immediate impact with the Knights’ pass defense. In 2021, UCF ranked seventh nationally in pass efficiency defense (an improvement of 97 spots in the NCAA statistical rankings). The Knights closed the year with six victories in their final seven assignments to finish 9-4. UCF’s cornerbacks played critical roles as the Knights improved 86 slots in the passing yards allowed category, moving to 35th in 2021, allowing 89.1 yards fewer yards per game than in 2020.
Williams spent the 2020 season as the safeties coach at Coastal Carolina, helping the Chanticleers to an unbeaten and record-setting 2020 regular season, an overall 11-1 record and final rankings of 14th in both the AP and Coaches polls. Williams helped Coastal Carolina rank third nationally in 2020 with 16 interceptions (plus second in overall takeaways with 25) and 16th in team pass efficiency defense.
Williams also served as an analyst at Auburn in 2019 after coaching at Furman for two seasons, helping the team to the 2018 Southern Conference title. Williams also served as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Tusculum from 2013 to 2016.
Williams played three seasons as a cornerback at South Carolina for Coach Steve Spurrier from 2007 to 2009, playing in 26 games. He began his coaching career as a student assistant with the Gamecocks in 2010, and served as a defensive graduate assistant for South Carolina in 2011 and 2012, helping USC to a 22-4 record in those two seasons.
COACHING CAREER
Pinstripe Bowl/2025: Nebraska (Defensive Backs)
2021-24: UCF (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2020: South Carolina (Safeties)
2019: Auburn (Analyst/Assistant to the Head Coach)
2019: Furman (Defensive Coordinator)
2017-18: Furman (Cornerbacks)
2016: Tusculum (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2013-16: Tusculum (Defensive Backs)
2011-12: South Carolina (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
2010: South Carolina (Student Assistant)