Tony Williams has been hired as girls’ basketball coach at East Hamilton.
Williams replaces Derek Morris and takes over a program that was 7-18 overall and 1-10 in District 5-AAA this past season.
“Without God’s blessing and his help, I wouldn’t have this opportunity,” Williams said. “I see East Hamilton as a sleeping giant in that there is potential for them to be successful quickly. Holly Smith has done a great job of building the middle school program.”
Williams will finish the year in the Rhea County school system, where he coached a middle school girls’ team that posted a 27-2 record this past season.
However, the former Lenoir City, Roane State and Tennessee Wesleyan player has served as a head coach at Lenoir City and Rhea County and also as a girls’ and boys’ assistant at Dyer County.