Travis Williams | |
Current Title: | Defensive coordinator |
Current Team: | Arkansas |
Current Conference: | SEC |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1983 |
Birth Place: | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 2001–2005 |
Player Team1: | Auburn |
Player Years2: | 2007 |
Player Team2: | Atlanta Falcons |
Player Positions: | Linebacker |
Coach Years1: | 2009–2011 |
Coach Team1: | Auburn (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2012 |
Coach Team2: | Northern Iowa (LB) |
Coach Years3: | 2013 |
Coach Team3: | Creekside High School (DC) |
Coach Years4: | 2014–2015 |
Coach Team4: | Auburn (DA) |
Coach Years5: | 2016–2018 |
Coach Team5: | Auburn (LB) |
Coach Years6: | 2019–2020 |
Coach Team6: | Auburn (co-DC/LB) |
Coach Years7: | 2021–2022 |
Coach Team7: | UCF (DC) |
Coach Years8: | 2023–present |
Coach Team8: | Arkansas (DC) |
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Travis Williams[1] (born January 20, 1983) is an American football coach and a former American football linebacker of the National Football League. Williams is the defensive coordinator at Arkansas.
Williams played at Spring Valley High School.
Following his playing career, Williams returned to the Auburn Tigers as a graduate assistant under head coach Gene Chizik in 2009.[2] Chizik was Auburn's defensive coordinator during Williams' collegiate career. Following the 2011 season, Williams left Auburn to coach Northern Iowa as the Linebackers coach. Williams was defensive coordinator at Creekside High School for the 2013 season before returning to Auburn in 2014 as a defensive analyst. Williams was promoted to Auburn's linebacker coach following the 2015 season.[3]
On February 17, 2021 Williams reunited with Gus Malzahn to serve as the defensive coordinator at UCF.[4]
In December 2022, Williams was announced as the new defensive coordinator at Arkansas, replacing the departing Barry Odom.[5]
Williams is also a musician and rapper. He has released many demos and songs including the unofficial pump up song of the Auburn Football team, "Tiger Walk" [6]