Bio

Robin Williams was appointed Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Support/Senior Woman Administrator for the University of the District of Columbia Athletic Departmentin Summer 2014. 

In this role, Williams serves as the athletic department's primary liaison with the Academic Advising Center in addition to continuing to serve as an assistant women's basketball coach.

"Robin brings vast experiences into this new role, and I am confident she will continue to do an excellent job," Director of Athletics Patricia Thomas said.

Williams is a 2008 graduate of the University of the District of Columbia, and she earned a Master of Arts degree in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown University in May 2013. She has served on Head Coach Lester Butler, Jr.'s women's basketball coaching staff for four years. In that capacity, she helped steer the Firebirds to the program's first ever East Coast Conference championship in 2013-14 and two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. Her teams have also claimed the athletic department's "Competition Cup" – an award which honors the team that best exhibits quality academic performance, attendance at other UDC sporting events and community outreach – three consecutive years.

Prior to joining Butler's staff, Williams served a multi-faceted position at Hunter College, a Division III school in New York City. There she served as an Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, a Clerical Assistant and a Sports Information Assistant.

A native of Bronx, NY, Williams also served as an Activity Specialist for the Astoria Beacon Program for six months in 2010 and as a panelist at the NCAA Next Step Mini Forum in Washington, DC in 2011 and 2012.

While at UDC, Williams was a three-year starter and two-year captain on the women's basketball team and also a two-year member of the women's tennis team. She finished her basketball career with 647 points and 223 rebounds and led the team to a 21-8 overall record and Independent Schools National Women's Basketball Tournament championship in 2007-08. She was the 2008 Reslyn W. Henley Memorial Award recipient – the most prestigious award given to a UDC student-athlete in recognition of outstanding character, leadership and service. A journalism major while at UDC, Williams was also a three-year contributing writer/editor for both campus newspapers and a two-year contributing writer for the athletics website.

Williams, a first-generation American of Jamaican descent, was also chosen to play for the Jamaican Women's National Basketball Team in the summer of 2011.