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Keith Williams,
who won more games than any baseball coach in the history of Rutgers
University-Camden, has been named as the head baseball coach at St.
Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, North Carolina.
“It’s a step up to Division II,” said Williams, who spent his last nine
years at Division III Rutgers-Camden. “It’s a great school and has a great
community feel. The school blows you away. They have a new athletic
director and a new president.
“I loved coaching here at Rutgers-Camden. It’s a great school. It was a
tough decision, but it’s too good of an opportunity to pass up.”
Williams, who served as the Assistant Director of Recreational Services at
Rutgers-Camden in addition to his position as the baseball coach, will be
able to concentrate solely on baseball duties with the Knights. St.
Andrews, a member of the newly-named Conference Carolinas, posed a 14-34
mark in 2007 and a 20-30 record in 2006. Its last winning season was 2005,
when it logged a 32-22 record.
During his nine seasons with the Scarlet Raptors, Williams compiled a
162-163-1 record, including a 155-114-1 mark during the last seven seasons
after building the program during his first two years in 1999 and 2000.
After posting a combined 7-49 mark in those two seasons, Williams turned
the program around in 2001 with a 21-15 mark, which set a short-lived
school record for victories and was a preview of things to come.
In the last seven seasons, Williams’ club has produced the five highest
victory totals in Rutgers-Camden baseball history, including a record
32-10 mark in 2002.
“I feel good about where the
Camden
program is,” Williams said. “We’re leaving the program in good shape.”
During Williams’ tenure the Scarlet Raptors advanced to the New Jersey
Athletic Conference playoffs twice and earned back-to-back berths in the
ECAC Metro tournament in 2002 and 2003. Rutgers-Camden won the 2003 ECAC
Metro championship.
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