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Big Mike Williams Is Coming Home To USC

Marc Kulkinby: Marc Kulkin04/19/24
Mike Williams
USC WR Mike Williams is returning to USC as Director of Player Personnel

For two years Mike Williams dominated the college football scene when he played wide receiver for the USC Trojans and It didn’t take him long to show his ability to coach and develop relationships at the high school level.

Williams is ready to develop a new role with the USC Trojans.

According to Select Training Solutions’ Brian Archield, Williams will be leaving Robinson High School to work at his alma mater USC. The former Plant High School star started as a head coach in the Tampa Bay area at Wharton High School and left with an overall record of 24-9 in three seasons at the school. Williams in his one season with the Knights transformed the team into a viable playoff contender, with Robinson finishing 9-3 in 2023. Before coaching in his home state of Florida, Williams got his start in California.

Williams confirmed Friday evening he will be the Trojans’ Director of Player Development. “I enjoyed building and competing in the county. And thank you to the people that support me,” Williams said.  

It’s been over 20 years since BMW scored for the Trojans but he can still steer future players to USC with his relationship-building skills as the new Director Player of Development.

In his two years with the Trojans, Williams was pure dominance. He caught 176 passes for 2,579 yards and 30 touchdowns but he was ruled ineligible for his junior season after declaring for the 2004 NFL draft as a true sophomore. BMW’s precision and ability to own the field was never more evident than against USC’s crosstown Rival UCLA. Williams caught 17 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns against the Bruins. USC won those games in 2002 and 2003 by a combined score of 99-43.

There were signs last year that Williams still has that Trojan fire burning when he saw one of his former high school players discussing USC and UCLA in the same sentence. “Don’t put us in the same tweet with them ever again,” Williams (likely) playfully admonished Pickett.

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