Pershin Williams is in his third season as the assistant men's basketball coach at Columbus State University in 2018-19.
Williams, a former Cougar player under CSU Hall of Fame coach Herbert Greene, brings more than 10 years of college coaching experience to the staff. He is responsible for recruiting, defensive assignments during the game and monitoring academics.
In his first season with the Cougars, Columbus State captured a share of the Peach Belt Conference West Division title, reached the PBC Tournament final and appeared in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season.
Prior to joining the Cougar staff, Williams spent two years as the head boy's basketball coach at Hardaway High School in Columbus.
Before coaching the Hawks, Williams was at Nyack College for a season after serving on the Georgia Southern coach staff for four seasons (2009-13). During his time at Georgia Southern, Williams helped coached five All-Southern Conference players.
Williams started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech for two seasons before spending one season at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (2007-08) and Lafayette (2008-09).
Williams played three seasons at CSU from 2000-03 under Greene. During his tenure, the Cougars posted a 61-27 record with Williams on the squad while capturing both the Peach Belt Conference regular season title and tournament championship in the 2002-03 season.
Williams graduated from the University of North Florida in 2005.
