Sam Williams Inducted: Class of 2007

Sam Williams is the program's all-time leader in career wins with 244 as the former UTPA head men's basketball coach led the Broncs from 1959 through the 1973 season... guided the Broncs to the 1963 NAIA National Championship with a victory over Western Carolina... selected as the NAIA National Coach of the Year that season... coached the Broncs to the NAIA National Championship Game where UTPA fell in the finals to Rockhurst.

Williams spent 15 seasons on the sidelines for the Broncs were he recorded 11 winning campaigns... posted four seasons of 20 or more victories... guided the Broncs to 79 wins during the span of 1961 through 1964, which were the most victories over the course of three seasons in program history... currently, the court at the UTPA Fieldhouse is named after the former UTPA head men's basketball coach.