"Williams, 56, has an extensive background coaching at the high school, college, NFL and international levels, including time with Hawaii, Washington, San Jose State and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also served as Yale's head coach from 2009-2011. He resigned late in 2011 amid controversy after admitting he made a false claim that he had applied for a Rhodes scholarship and was a finalist while at Stanford."
"After speaking with Williams about the incident and conducting background checks and interviews with references, the school felt comfortable moving forward. One of my favorite lines I use with the student-athletes here is, If we were all perfect, the world would be boring, right?' Saldivar said. Part of athletics and anyone being a human is going through some obstacles in their life and learning from it and moving forward and making amends for the stuff they've done. He's done that for sure."
Tom Williams, 56, has been named Bellarmine's new head football coach, succeeding David Diaz-Infante. Williams has coached at high school, college, NFL and international levels, including Hawaii, Washington, San Jose State and the Jacksonville Jaguars, and served as Yale's head coach from 2009–2011, resigning in 2011 after admitting a false claim about a Rhodes scholarship. Bellarmine conducted four rounds of interviews, background checks and reference calls before hiring and concluded Williams aligns with the school's Jesuit values. Williams inherits a struggling program that went 0–10 in 2024 and is 4–26 over the past three seasons and is charged with rebuilding the team.
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