Shammond Omar Williams (born April 5, 1975) is a retired American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at both

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and

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positions. During his career he played in the

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and in Europe. He is currently an assistant coach for the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team.

Collegiate career

After attending Fork Union Military Academy, Williams played college basketball at North Carolina under Dean Smith and later,

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.Shammond Williams Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com
/ref> During the 1997-1998 season, he was a member of coach Guthridge's "Six Starters" rotation with

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, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Ademola Okulaja and

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. That season (his final college season), he averaged 16.7 points and 4.2 assists per game to go along with career averages of 10.7 points and 3.0 assists per game. When Williams graduated from North Carolina, he held the following school records: * Most Career Three Point Field Goals Made: 233 * Most Season Three Point Field Goals Made: 95 * Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game: 8 (tie) * Highest Career Free Throw Percentage: .849 * Highest Season Free Throw Percentage .911 Williams also became a pioneer of the internet during his collegiate career. In 1995, Shammond Williams became the very first collegiate athlete to have a website dedicated to him on the World Wide Web. The website was developed b
Seth Fleishman
and an archive of "Shammond's World"is still available for viewing.

Professional career

Williams was selected in the second round, 34th overall, of the

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by the Chicago Bulls. While he never played for the Bulls, he did play for the Atlanta Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics,

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, New Orleans Hornets, and

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. He played internationally for Unics Kazan of Russia (where he obtained Georgian citizenship)Georgia on Williams's mind
July 29, 2004 and for Winterthur FC Barcelona of the Spanish Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). He has played for the Georgia national team and was the Most Valuable Player of the 2005 EuroChallenge All-Star Game. Williams signed a one-year contract with the

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on July 12, 2006. After spending one season with the Lakers, Williams returned to Europe and signed with Pamesa Velencia for three seasons. Before the start of the 2009-2010 ACB regular season, Pamesa Valencia released Williams, whereupon he trained on his own in the United States. On November 9, 2009, Williams returned to Spain and signed with Unicaja Málaga. In January 2011 he signed with Apollon Limassol BC in Cyprus. After finishing the season in Cyprus he signed with Sutor Basket Montegranaro in Italy.

Coaching career

During the 2011-12 season, he attended practices of North Carolina's men's basketball team and in 2012 was among the candidates to join Roy Williams' staff at UNC. He was also a counselor at the Nike Elite Youth Skill Academies. On June 21, 2012, Williams was appointed an assistant coach of the Furman Paladins men's basketball team. In 2013, he moved to the Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team, where he served a three-year stint as assistant coach, followed by one year at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball. On September 15, 2021, Williams resumed his coaching career by accepting an offer to join the Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team as an assistant coach.

Personal

He is a cousin of former basketball player Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves and

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, who has played professional basketball overseas.Chester complete McCullough swoop
/ref> He is a member of the Psi Delta chapter of

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. He is godfather to Mitchell Robinson.

References

External links

NBA.com ProfileEuroleague.net Profile
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Basketpedya.com ProfileProfile On Pamesa Valencia Official Site
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