Brent "Buzz" Williams is the head coach of the men's basketball team of Marquette University. Williams took over as the school's 16th head basketball coach on April 7, 2008, following Tom Crean's departure to Indiana University. He served as head men's basketball coach at the University of New Orleans during the 2006-2007 season, and as an assistant coach at Texas A&M;, Colorado State, Northwestern State, Texas A&M; Kingsville and The University ...
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Brent "Buzz" Williams is the head coach of the men's basketball team of Marquette University. Williams took over as the school's 16th head basketball coach on April 7, 2008, following Tom Crean's departure to Indiana University. He served as head men's basketball coach at the University of New Orleans during the 2006-2007 season, and as an assistant coach at Texas A&M;, Colorado State, Northwestern State, Texas A&M; Kingsville and The University of Texas at Arlington. Buzz signed a 6 year contract with Marquette University for an undisclosed annual salary.
Buzz grew up in Van Alstyne, Texas. He earned a bachelors degree in Kinesiology from Oklahoma City University in 1994 and a Masters in the same field at Texas A&M-Kingsville; in 1999. Buzz and his wife Corey Norman have two daughters (Addyson & Zera), and two sons (Calvin & Mason).
He coached Marquette to a 25-10 record in the 2008-09 season, where they lost to the Missouri Tigers in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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