Bio

Doug Williams, whose Bulldogs have averaged 32 wins per season since 1995, enters his twenty-ninth season as head coach. In 2019, Williams guided the Bulldogs to a 31-14 record and the Coast Golden Gate Conference Championship along with a 23rd straight trip to the Northern California State Playoffs. Under Coach Williams the Bulldogs have won 14 Coast Conference Championships in the past 28 years, most recently guiding the Bulldogs to the Coast Conference Golden Gate Championship in 2019. One of his most memorable experiences was when his first team at CSM claimed the 1995 Coast Conference National Division Championship. The Bulldogs posted a 38-11 record in Williams' first season, setting a school single-season record for victories. His 29-year record at CSM stands at 814-372 and he is a 10-time recipient of the Coast Conference Coach of the Year Award, most recently winning the award in 2019. During his tenure, 331 out of 341 players have transferred to four-year schools or signed professionally, an outstanding rate of 97 percent!

Williams played NCAA Division I baseball at UC Santa Barbara during the 1987-88 seasons.  A native of nearby Belmont, Williams played the infield and pitched for Carlmont High School, from which he graduated in 1983. He began his Bulldog career as a player for the legendary coach, John Noce during the 1984-86 seasons, including a redshirt year. In his last season at CSM, the Bulldogs won the championship of the former Golden Gate Conference, which was the school's last title until Williams guided the Bulldogs to the 1995 crown.

Williams began his coaching career in 1990 at CSM as an assistant to Coach Noce, a position he held during the last three seasons of Noce's 31-year tenure at the College. Williams also gained summer coaching experience in a professional league in Perugia, Italy.

In 1993 Williams' alma mater, Carlmont High School, sent out an emergency call for a varsity baseball coach to lead its defending section champion team and Williams answered the call. He not only coached Carlmont to its second consecutive Central Coast Section Division II Championship, but he called the pitches as his staff hurled four consecutive shutouts during the playoffs- a feat never before or since accomplished since the tournament began in 1967.

Williams was hired as assistant coach and pitching coach at the University of San Francisco in 1994. He helped that team achieve its best season in many years. When the CSM job opened in the summer of 1994, Williams returned to the Bulldogs.

Williams holds a master's degree from St. Mary's College, having written a thesis entitled "A Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Analysis of Fastball and Fork-ball pitchers." He was featured on the front page of an issue of Collegiate Baseball Magazine as a result of his ground-breaking thesis, which included a video and computer analysis of former Oakland A's pitching star Dave Stewart.

Williams, his wife, Liliana, and son Lucca, reside in Belmont.

Office Phone: (650)358-6875

Notable Players Coached by Doug Williams:

• Sean Prozell, Conference Pitcher of the Year (2019) & 1st Team All-Conference UTL (2018), Scholarship to San Jose State University

• Everett Lau, 1st Team All-Conference INF (2017, 2018), Scholarship to Auburn University

• Anders Green, 1st Team All-Conference INF (2016, 2017), NorCal All-American (2017), Scholarship to Dallas Baptist University

• Miles Mastrobuoni, All-Northern California INF (2015), Coast Golden Gate 1st team (2015, 2014), scholarship to University of Nevada Reno, Drafted (14th Round) and signed with Tampa Bay Rays

• Brandon Defazio, Northern California Player of the Year (2013), Coast Golden Gate MVP (2013), All American (2012), Coast Golden Gate 1st team (2012), scholarship to University of San Diego

• Jeff VonMoser, All Coast Golden Gate (2013), scholarship to Albany University

• O'Koyea Dickson, All American (2010), Coast Conference MVP (2010), scholarship to Sonoma State University, signed with Los Angeles Dodgers

• Sean Wilson, All American (2009), scholarship to Gonzaga University

• Henry Wrigley, All Coast Conference (2005), Drafted (14th Round) and signed by the Tampa Bay Rays

• Mike Mooney, All American (2003), Northern California Big Stick Award (2003), signed with San Francisco Giants

• Scott Kirby, All American (2002), Coast Conference MVP (2002), Northern California Big Stick Award (2002), scholarship to Oklahoma State University

• Scott Feldman, All American (2002, 2003) 25-2, signed Texas Rangers, began major league pitching career  in 2005