Shammond Omar Williams (born April 5, 1975) is a retired American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), he played at both point guard and shooting guard positions. During his career he played in the NBA and in Europe. He is currently an assistant coach for the Denver Pioneers men's basketball team.
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 by Seth Fleishman, and an archive of [[3] "Shammond's World"] is still available for viewing.
Williams signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on July 12, 2006.[5]
After spending one season with the Lakers, Williams returned to Europe and signed with Pamesa Velencia for three seasons.[6] 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.[7]
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.[10] On June 21, 2012, Williams was appointed an assistant coach of the Furman Paladins.[11] In 2013, he moved to the Tulane Green Wave, where he served a three-year stint as assistant coach, followed by one year at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.[12] 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.[13] On July 2, 2024, Williams was hired as an assistant coach for the Denver Pioneers.[14]
