Biography

Ryan Williams, a former Golden Eagle men’s soccer standout, enters his third season as an assistant coach at John Brown University in 2023.

Williams returns to JBU after playing a pair of seasons professionally for the USL Championship's New Mexico United from 2019-20. As a midfielder, Williams made 31 appearances for the Somos Unidos and registered two goals and one assist (five points) in his professional career.

The former Golden Eagle captain was named the Sooner Athletic's Offensive Player of the Year in 2018, and earned All-Conference honors in each of his four seasons in the blue and gold. Spanning 73 collegiate contests, Williams finished his collegiate career with 27 goals and 37 assists (91 points). Boasting the program's highest career point total since 2001 (Leo Peirano), Williams' 37 assists finished tied for second all-time, just one shy of Terry Brown's record of 38, set in 1993.

In the summer of 2017, Williams captained the Charlotte Eagles to a USL League Two title, scoring the championship-winning goal and claiming the Man of the Match honors.

Williams graduated from JBU in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Theological Studies at Life Pacific University.