Kevin Williams - Men's Golf Coach - East Carolina University Athletics

Kevin Williams

Title:
Director of Golf/Head Coach
Email:
williamsk@ecu.edu
Phone:
(252) 737-1424

Kevin Williams, a North Carolina native and East Carolina alum who owns a combined 24-plus years of head coaching experience, returned to his alma mater for a third tenure on June 15, 2021 to provide leadership to the Pirate men’s golf program. In May of 2023, Williams was promoted to Director of Golf and also oversees the women’s program as the full-time head coach.

The Littleton, N.C. native served as East Carolina's head men's golf coach from 1995 to 2005 and led the women's program on two separate occasions from 2000 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2019. During that span, the Pirates collectively recorded a .710 winning percentage, captured 35 team titles, 44 individual championships and produced 23 Academic All-America selections under his tutelage.

After replacing long-time coach and Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Hall of Fame member Hal Morrison on August 1, 1995, Williams led the men's team to six tournament trophies, 12 individual medals and five Academic All-America performers in 10-plus seasons. Since returning to ECU in 2021, he has directed the men's program to three additional team wins during the 2022-23 campaign and coached freshman Lucas Augustsson to American Athletic All-Conference honors.

During his two-tenure, 17 campaigns heading ECU's women's squad, Williams guided the Pirates to 12 overall NCAA at-large bids, including 10 regional appearances since 2008, and 29 overall team championships. He was a two-time Conference USA Coach-of-the-Year selection, earning the honor in 2003 and 2008.

Williams started the East Carolina women's program from scratch in the fall of 2000 and had 18 student-athletes capture 52 of the school's 56 WGCA All-America Scholar selections. In addition, Williams' players accounted for 35 all-conference picks, four player-of-the-year awards and four freshman-of-the-year honorees. In the programs 22 years of existence, the Pirates, either team or individual, have been represented in the NCAA Championships on 17 occasions (consecutively from 2002-20).

Prior to his hire at ECU in 1995, Williams was the head golf professional and director of golf operations at the Kinston (N.C.) Country Club for eight years beginning in 1987. While at Kinston CC, Williams was active as a junior golf coordinator/teacher and a player in the Carolinas PGA Section.

Williams' playing career highlights include victories in eight Carolinas PGA Pro-Am Championships. He also qualified for and competed in the 1989 and 1992 PGA Club Professional Championship. Most recently, he teamed up with Greenville’s Brady Pinner to win the 2019 Carolinas PGA Senior Pro-Pro Championship. He additionally served as a member of the board of directors and later as a chairman of the tournament committee with the Carolinas PGA Section for a combined six years until 1997.

Williams, who earned a bachelor’s degree in history from East Carolina in 1985, is married to the former Lori Sutton of Goldsboro, N.C. and is the father of son Patrick and daughters Anniken, Whitley and Lacey.