'It was the spring of 2000, and Layer, the newly appointed head coach at Colorado State, was trying to piece together a staff. Williams, then an assistant coach at Northwestern State, was a passenger in Layer's car en route from the airport. The first part of their interview was off to a rocky start.
"Buzz was talking too fast and I was like, 'I don't like this guy,'" Layer says. "Literally, a couple times during that drive, I almost said, 'Let's just go back to the airport.'"
But as their meeting continued, Williams' organizational skills and vision began to outweigh his awkward delivery.
Layer wanted to recruit in Texas. Williams had an entire notebook titled "Why Texas?" He'd dissected the state into five geographic sections, complete with a list of prospects from each region and the coaches connected to those players.
"He was very convincing," says Layer, now a Texas A&M special assistant who, 19 years since that first meeting, has called Williams his boss at three different schools. "Best hire I've ever made."'
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27386544/think-an-edge
"Buzz was talking too fast and I was like, 'I don't like this guy,'" Layer says. "Literally, a couple times during that drive, I almost said, 'Let's just go back to the airport.'"
But as their meeting continued, Williams' organizational skills and vision began to outweigh his awkward delivery.
Layer wanted to recruit in Texas. Williams had an entire notebook titled "Why Texas?" He'd dissected the state into five geographic sections, complete with a list of prospects from each region and the coaches connected to those players.
"He was very convincing," says Layer, now a Texas A&M special assistant who, 19 years since that first meeting, has called Williams his boss at three different schools. "Best hire I've ever made."'
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27386544/think-an-edge