Donte Williams
Donte Williams went 3–7 as a head coach, 2021, at USC. Share
- Record
- 3–7 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 1, 1982
- Alma mater
- Idaho State 2006
- Best season
- 2021 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | USC interim, remainder of season | 3–7 | T–4th (South) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| On the road | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
His own 10 games on file, 2021, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Arizonaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Coloradoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Washington Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Californiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UCLAseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Los Angeles Harbor | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2008 | El Camino | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2009 | Mt. San Antonio | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2010 | Nevada | Defensive quality control coach | |
| 2011–12 | Washington | Graduate assistant | |
| 2013 | San Jose State | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2014–15 | San Jose State | Defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2016 | Arizona | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2017 | Nebraska | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2018–19 | Oregon | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2020 | USC | Passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2021 | USC | Assistant head coach, passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2021 | USC | Interim head coach | |
| 2022–23 | USC | Defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator | |
| 2024–present | Georgia | Defensive backs coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Chris AultNevada
- Steve SarkisianWashington
- Ron CaragherSan José State
- Rich RodriguezArizona
- Mike RileyNebraska
- Mario CristobalOregon
- Clay HeltonUSC
- Lincoln RileyUSC
- Kirby SmartGeorgia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mike JinksBowling Green
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ault | Nevada | 2010 | Defensive quality control coach | |
| Steve Sarkisian | Washington | 2011–12 | Graduate assistant | |
| Ron Caragher | San José State | 2013–15 | 2013: cornerbacks coach; 2014–15: defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Rich Rodriguez | Arizona | 2016 | Cornerbacks coach | |
| Mike Riley | Nebraska | 2017 | Cornerbacks coach | |
| Mario Cristobal | Oregon | 2018–19 | Cornerbacks coach | |
| Clay Helton | USC | 2020–21 | 2020: passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach; 2021: assistant head coach, passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| Lincoln Riley | USC | 2022–23 | Defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator | |
| Kirby Smart | Georgia | 2024–26 | Defensive backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jinks | USC, 2021: running backs coach | Bowling Green |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| C. J. Ah You | USC, 2021: quality control coach | |
| Graham Harrell | USC, 2021: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Seth Doege | USC, 2021: tight ends coach | |
| Todd Orlando | USC, 2021: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Vic So’oto | USC, 2021: defensive line coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Williams’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 58% of plays and took 23.6 seconds a play, in 2021.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 11 g | 15 of 76 20% | 33% | 58% | 23.6 | +0.10 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.