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 **Marquette Assistant Coach**  [[2007|2007 - 2008]]\\
-**Marquette Head Coach**  [[2008]] - Present\\
+**Marquette Head Coach**  [[2008]] - [[2014]]\\
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-Milwaukee - Brent "Buzz" Williams, a highly respected recruiter and veteran of the collegiate coaching ranks, has been named the 16th head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball program, MU President Robert A. Wild, S.J., and Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham confirmed Monday night.
-The university held a press conference Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 to formally introduce Williams. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public were invited to attend. The press conference began at 2 p.m. at the Al McGuire Center, 770 N. 12th St.
-In 2007-08, Williams served as an assistant coach with the Golden Eagles in his first season at Marquette. MU concluded the year 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
+===== Marquette University =====
-His coaching career has included stints as an assistant, associate head and head coach. He has nearly 15 years of experience at the NCAA Division I level. Williams has recruited and coached over 20 players who have earned all-conference accolades, including one league player of the year and two conference freshmen of the year.
+victories. 12 BIG EAST Conference wins. 2 all-league players. 1 NCAA Championship appearance and victory. 1 nationally ranked recruiting class.
-"When I met with Buzz, I was convinced that he brings us a passion for college basketball and our BIG EAST conference, and a commitment to both Marquette and the high-level of play our fans have come to expect from Marquette basketball," Father Wild said.
+Each of the impressive accomplishments listed above, as well as numerous others, were recorded during head coach Buzz Williams' first season leading the Marquette University men's basketball program.
-Williams arrived in Milwaukee after serving for one season as the head coach at the University of New Orleans. He guided the Privateers to a 14-win campaign in 2006-07 and his roster featured Bo McCalebb, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. UNO (14-17) claimed fourth place in the Sun Belt's Western Division and advanced to the league tournament quarterfinals. His recruiting class for the 2007-08 season was ranked in the top 50 nationally by HoopScoop Online.
+The Golden Eagles' performance in 2008-09 mirrored that of a program firmly established in the tenure of a successful head coach, not that of a team under the direction of a first-year mentor.
-Prior to UNO, Williams served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at [[Texas A&M]] for two seasons (2004-05 - 2005-06) under head coach Billy Gillispie. Both of his recruiting classes with the Aggies were ranked among the best in the nation and featured some of the top-ranked talent at the prep level. The squad made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years in 2005-06 and the previous team posted the top turnaround in the nation, improving its win total in 2004-05 by 14 games compared to 2003-04.
+Williams directed MU to a 25-10 overall record last season, which included a school-record 12 BIG EAST victories. The Golden Eagles advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship and were ranked among the nation's top-25 teams the entire campaign. A pair of players, Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews, claimed all-league accolades and McNeal also claimed All-America honors.
-"Early on in this process it became clear that Buzz provided the right fit the University was looking for as the men's basketball program at Marquette begins another era in its storied history," Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham said.  "Buzz is a tireless worker, a nationally recognized recruiter and has developed a quality relationship with the players and staff during his tenure at Marquette. All of these qualities, as well as many others, make me confident he will be able to continue the program's continued rise at the national level."
+Off the court, Williams and his staff assembled a consensus top-25 recruiting class, a group rated as high as No. 1 in the country by HoopScoopOnline.com. The program's community service efforts have also reached new heights under Williams, highlighted by "Buzz's Bunch." This group, founded by Williams, focuses on providing opportunities for special needs children to attend games and summer camps. The Golden Eagles have also continued and strengthened their long-standing relationships with Children's Hospital as well as Special Olympics.
+In 2007-08, Williams served as an assistant coach with the Golden Eagles in his first season at Marquette. MU concluded the year 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
+**Legal and NCAA Issues During his Tenure**
+During his tenure at Marquette, there were a number of issues that made some members of the Marquette community uncomfortable.  Those included a one game violation and the dismissing of Scott Monarch due to Monarch lying to investigators about giving a prospect impermissible benefits. Also there was a story in the Chicago Tribune that implicated Marquette and its athletic department in a cover up of sexual assault on campus.
+**Departure for Virginia Tech**
+In March 2015, Buzz Williams decided to run away from his poorly constructed team and the legal and NCAA issues above, and took the head coaching job at Virginia Tech; a school with no basketball tradition whatsoever. Buzz never acknowledged that he was showing a lack of the kind of toughness that he preached during his coaching tenure at Marquette, leading many to believe that he was simply a fraud and an opportunist.
+===== University of New Orleans =====
+Williams arrived in Milwaukee after serving for one season as the head coach at the University of New Orleans. He guided the Privateers to a 14-win campaign in 2006-07 and his roster featured Bo McCalebb, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. UNO claimed fourth place in the Sun Belt's Western Division and advanced to the league tournament quarterfinals. The squad claimed as many victories on the road that season as it had in the previous three seasons combined. His recruiting class for the 2007-08 season was ranked in the top 50 nationally by HoopScoopOnline.com.
+===== Texas A&M =====
+Prior to UNO, Williams served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M for two seasons (2004-05/2005-06) under head coach Billy Gillispie. Both of his recruiting classes with the Aggies were ranked among the best in the nation and featured some of the top-ranked talent at the prep level. The squad made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years in 2005-06 and the previous team posted the top turnaround in the nation, improving its win total in 2004-05 by 14 games compared to 2003-04.
 ===== Colorado State  =====
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 ===== Accomplishments =====
 ^ Year 	  ^ Position 	 ^ Overall Record 	^ Conference Record 	^ Accomplishments ^
-| [[2008|2008-09]] | Marquette, Head Coach 	   |  	   | 	  |  |
+| [[2009|2009-10]] | Marquette, Head Coach         | 22-12 | 11-7 | NCAA |
+| [[2008|2008-09]] | Marquette, Head Coach 	   |  	   | 	  | NCAA |
 | [[2007|2007-08]] | Marquette, Assistant Coach    | 25-10 | 11-7 | NCAA |
 | 2006-07          | New Orleans, Head Coach 	   | 14-17 | 9-9  |  |
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+===== Coach Williams' Marquette Post-Season Records =====
+^ Year 	^ Record  ^Conference Tournament Result	^ NCAA Result ^
+| 2008-09 	|2-2|BET: Beat SJU, Lost Nova. | NCAA #6 Seed: beat #11 Utah State, Lost to #3 Missouri    |
+| 2009-10 	|2-2|BET:#5 Seed: Beat SJU, Nova, Lost to GTown | NCAA #6 Seed: Lost to #11 Washington  |
+| 2010-11 	|4-2|BET:#11 Seed: Beat Prov, WVU, lost to Louisville. | NCAA #11 Seed: Beat #6 Xavier, #3 Syracuse, Lost to #14 Louisville in Sweet 16|
+| 2011-12 	|2-2|BET #2 - Lost to Louisville | NCAA #3 seed: Beat #14 BYU, #6 Murray State, Lost to #7 Florida in Sweet 16|
+| 2012-13 	|3-2|BET #3 - Lost to Notre Dame | NCAA #3 seed: Beat #14 Davidson, #6 Butler, #2 Miami, Lost to #4 Syracuse in ELITE 8|
+|Season Totals:5|13-10| BET Totals  5-5 --- 2 One and Dones| NCAA:  8-5  - 2 Sweet 16s, 1 Elite 8 |
 ===== Quotes =====
-**[[Tom Crean]] on hiring Buzz-** "I've admired Buzz Williams' work from a far for some time and have grown to appreciate it even more as I've gotten to know him over the last year," Crean said. "Adding a person of his character, integrity and talent to our staff means a great deal to me.  "I know our players, fans and future recruits will all feel the same way," Crean added. "Adding Buzz to [[Bennie Seltzer]], [[Tim Buckley]] and [[Brian Barone]], gives us a staff I'm really excited to compete with in the Big East and nationally."
+//"I've admired Buzz Williams' work from a far for some time and have grown to appreciate it even more as I've gotten to know him over the last year," Crean said. "Adding a person of his character, integrity and talent to our staff means a great deal to me.  "I know our players, fans and future recruits will all feel the same way," Crean added. "Adding Buzz to [[Bennie Seltzer]], [[Tim Buckley]] and [[Brian Barone]], gives us a staff I'm really excited to compete with in the Big East and nationally."//\\
+**Tom Crean**\\
+**University of Indiana Men's Basketball Coach**\\
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+//"I am very grateful for the opportunity I was presented at the University of New Orleans," Williams said. "I am ecstatic about the chance to join coach Crean's staff and I am extremely excited about the future of Marquette basketball."//\\
+**Buzz Williams**\\
+**Marquette University Men's Basketball Coach**
-**Williams on his experience at UNO and joining MU-** "I am very grateful for the opportunity I was presented at the University of New Orleans," Williams said. "I am ecstatic about the chance to join coach Crean's staff and I am extremely excited about the future of Marquette basketball."
+===== Quotes from Buzz =====
+Buzz has a way with words.  Well, at least he has a way of using words arranged differently than most people.  Here's some amusing quotes...
+|  "It’s hard to be around me and not have a chip on your shoulder, and if for some reason I perceive you don’t have a chip on your shoulder, I’ll help you create one."  |
+|  "We need to grow our hair out to protect our brains so we don't forget how to play like us."  |
+|  "You never know what God has in his plans. But, whatever it is, lets make sure we get the lesson so we dont have to take the test again."  |
+|  "Half of our team is old and half of our team is new. But half of the old guys are really still new."  |
+|  "I want beavers. I want beavers around me. I want to hire beavers, I want to recruit beavers. Beavers do only one thing – they chop trees. That’s all beavers do. Those are the kind of people I want to be around other than my wife, and that’s it. I want people who all they do is ball, all they think about is ball. My life in so many ways is really boring because it’s like groundhog day every day, you know what I mean?"  |
+|  “His body is better than it looks.” - describing Davante Gardner  |
+|  “I Googled 'magic pills' after we got beat by DePaul. Nothing came up. I told our team, 'I tried to help you, but all I know to do is just keep working. That's it.'” - January 26, 2010 following defeat of Rutgers 82-59  |
+|  “The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, show up and go to work and do it every day no matter what's surrounding you” - March 17, 2012 following defeat of Murray State to advance to the Sweet 16  |
+|  “Faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love, and a lot of these kids have never been loved. And when you've never been loved and you're 20 years old and somebody tries to love you for the first time, you don't know how to handle it. And when you start talking about God for the first time and when you think about what those kids have been through in the previous 20 years, they're not sure there is a God. So when you start talking about love and you start talking about God and you're with kids every single day and you do it for about 150 days and they get up here and speak, which is a lot harder than you think, to people that they don't know and they use the same words that you use, it means you're helping their life. That's what it means.” - March 17, 2012 following defeat of Murray State to advance to the Sweet 16  |
+|  “I like guys that have had to ride in 15-passenger vans. I like guys that, when they order, they use a number. ‘I’d like the combo meal No. 2.’ I like those kinds of guys. I’m never opposed to signing a guy who ate at McDonald’s pre- and post-game, and is thankful to get one cotton t-shirt, not a Dri-FIT.”  |
+|  “Just gotta hang in there for one more day…and then do it again the next day.”  |
+|  “I think that there’s too much sugar in the world and not enough salt. Kids want to be challenged. Humans want to aspire to something. You don’t win in life and you don’t win in athletics with softness or selfishness.”  |
+|  “They'll always say you're not good enough, but what you have to identify is who the they is.”
+|  “Success will kiss you in private, but failure will slap you in public.”  |
+|  “Success is not owned. It's rented. You gotta pay rent everyday, and if you don't pay rent, they kick you out.”  |
-===== Pics =====
+===== Photos =====
-{{men_s_basketball:buzz_csu_vs_duke_67-57_march_20_2003.jpg|}}\\
+{{men_s_basketball:buzz_csu_vs_duke_67-57_march_20_2003.jpg?450  }}  Marquette head coach, Buzz Williams (fourth from the right), was an assistant on the Colorado State Rams basketball team when they lost to Duke, 67-57, in the first round of the NCAAs on March 20, 2003. CSU head coach, [[Dale Layer]] (far right, with his head down) was one of Coach Williams' assistants at Marquette in 2008-2009 before leaving for the Head Coach position at Liberty.
-Marquette head coach, Buzz Williams (fourth from the right), was an assistant on the Colorado State Rams basketball team when they lost to Duke, 67-57, in the first round of the NCAAs on March 20, 2003. CSU head coach, Dale Layer (far right, with his head down) is now one of Coach Williams's assistants at Marquette.

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