Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams
Title: Head Cross Country Coach
Phone: 530-276-4264
Email: atwilliams@shastacollege.edu

Coach Williams was hired as the jumps and hurdles coach in Spring of 2016. Since then he has coached 15 GVC champions, 4 Norcal champions, and 4 All-Americans.
Prior to coaching at Shasta College Coach Williams competed on scholarship for Sacramento State for two years as a jumper and hurdler. He was awarded the team indoor MVP his sophomore year for his performance at the Big Sky Conference Championships. He is in the top 10 record books for the Indoor High jump (3rd), Outdoor high jump (10th), and indoor 60M hurdles (10th).
Williams, would eventually part ways with Sacramento State and finish his career as a scholarship basketball athlete for Simpson University. Where he earned 1st team all-conference honors and Defensive player of the year as a senior.


Aside from being the jumps and hurdles coach at Shasta College, He also is the director of the first ever track club in Redding “FLIGHT TRACK CLUB” that serves athletes from all over Shasta and Trinity County. Williams had dual collegiate coaching duties for 2020-2021 season as he took over a first year program at Simpson University while maintaining his duties at Shasta. At Simpson he would make a significant impact as he quadrupled his roster size in year 1, built a solid foundation for the program, and had many top-3 finishes amongst his athletes.