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Monty Williams

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Born
1971 (53 years old)

Birth Place

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Position
Small Forward

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

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Height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

Weight
225 lb (102 kg)

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Tavares Montgomery Williams (born October 8, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach, executive and former player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He recently served as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. Williams played for five NBA teams during a playing career that spanned from 1994 to 2003. His NBA coaching career has included stints as an assistant coach, associate head coach, and head coach.

Williams was the head coach for the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans from 2010 until 2015. He served as an assistant coach with the United States national team under Mike Krzyzewski, and he has worked as a vice president of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs. In May 2019, Williams was hired as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns. In 2021, he led the Suns to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1993 and was named the NBA Coach of the Year the following year in 2022, when the Suns finished the regular season with a franchise record of 64 wins. After being dismissed by Phoenix in 2023, Williams agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million coaching contract with the Pistons, making him the then second highest-paid coach, but was fired one year into the six-year deal.