Table of Biography
Monty Williams is an American basketball coach, executive, and former player. Monty Williams is well-known as the head coach of the NBA team the Phoenix Suns who also won the NBA Coach of the Year award in 2022.
Early Life
Monty Williams was born on 8 October 1971 and he is currently 52 years old. Williams hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia, and his zodiac sign is Libra. Talking about his family, his parents are Joyce Williams and Tavares Williams.
Moreover, his full name is Monty Eli Williams and he follows Christianity. Regarding his educational journey, he attended the University of Notre Dame and played small forward on the university’s basketball team.
Monty Williams – Net Worth 2024
Moving on, Coach Monty has a net worth of around $9 million US dollars. Williams’ primary source of income is his coaching career.
He used to earn through his career as a basketball player before starting his career as a coach. At present, he is the head coach of the Phoenix Suns. As such, this personality is sure to earn a heavy sum of money.
Relationship Status
Monty Williams was married to Ingrid Williams. Sadly, Ingrid passed away due to her injuries sustained from a car crash in Oklahoma City. The accident happened after his late wife’s car was struck head-on by a vehicle that crossed lanes after losing control.
With Ingrid, Williams has five children namely Elijah, Micah, Janna, Lael, and Faith. Monty and Ingrid had their wedding on 21 July 1995.
Caption: Monty Williams posing for a photo with his children (L-R) Janna, Elijah, Micah, and Faith. Source: Sports Illustrated
Career and Professional Life
Professionally, Monty Williams is a basketball coach and executive. In the past, Williams was also a basketball player. At present, this personality is the head coach for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Phoenix Suns.
As a player, this personality played basketball for five NBA teams during a playing career spanning from 1994 to 2003.
Williams’ NBA coaching career has included stints as an assistant coach, an associate head coach, and a head coach. Moreover, this personality was the head coach for the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans from 2010 until 2015.
Additionally, Williams served as an assistant coach with the United States national team under Mike Krzyzewski. Likewise, he also worked as a vice president of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs. In May 2019, the Phoenix Suns hired him as the head coach of the team.
Caption: Monty Williams in a photo while interacting with his players. Source: Instagram
More Details
More recently in 2021, this personality led the Suns to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1993. Furthermore, Williams was named the NBA Coach of the Year recently in 2022. This happened when the Suns finished the regular season with a franchise record of 64 wins.
Talking about the beginning of his coaching career, Williams won an NBA championship in the spring of 2005 as a coaching staff intern with the San Antonio Spurs.
Then in the fall of the same year, new head coach Nate McMillan hired this personality as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Then on 29 June 2015, this personality became the associate head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Likewise, on 1 June 2016, it was announced that this personality would not return with the Thunder.
Further, on 4 June 2018, Brett Brown announced that this personality would join his staff in Philadelphia as the lead assistant coach. This was Williams’ first coaching job in two seasons.
Caption: Monty Williams won the Coach of the Year away for the 2021-22 NBA season. Source: Instagram
Monty Williams – Body Measurements
Monty stands tall at an approximate height of 6 feet 8 inches or 2.03 meters. Likewise, this coach has a weight of 225 lbs or 102 kgs. Besides this, the coach’s other body measurements like his chest-waist-hip measures, dress size, etc. are still a mystery.
Moreover, Williams has dark brown eyes and hair of the same color. This personality sports a handsome beard and bald head.
Social Media
Talking about his social media presence, Monty is not available on any social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Nevertheless, we can get updates on this coach on his team’s Instagram page Phoenix Suns (@suns) as well as many other social media pages dedicated to basketball.