Kennesaw State University Athletics

 Paris Williams begins his first season as an assistant track and field coach in 2024-25. 
 
Williams will coach the sprints and relays.
 
Williams joins KSU full time after spending the 2023-24 season assisting Rachael Coelho with KSU's combined events and hurdles groups.
 
During the 2023-24 season, Williams coached five athletes to gold medals at ASUN Conference Championships. The Owls won the men's and women's team titles at the ASUN Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
 
Williams competed at Kennesaw State from 2016-21, qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2020. He was a seven-time ASUN individual champion and was named ASUN Most Outstanding Performer twice. During the 2020 indoor season, he recorded the 12th fastest time in the NCAA that season in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.72 seconds.  During his Owl career, Williams helped KSU win two ASUN Conference indoor titles and two outdoor titles and set multiple school records.  
 
Williams has competed professionally since 2021. He has raced in the 60m hurdles at the U.S. Indoor Championships and the 110m hurdles at the U.S. Outdoor Championships. He participated in the 2021 and 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.   
 
He earned his bachelor's degree in Psychology from Kennesaw State in 2021.