Eddie Williams joined the ThunderWolves coaching staff as a full-time assistant coach in the summer of 2015. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2019.
In his four years as a full-time assistant, Williams has worked with the Pack's pitching staff. Williams helped MLB Amateur Draft Pick Beau Brieske hone his craft during the 2019 season. Following just one season under Coach Williams at CSU-Pueblo Brieske was drafted in 27th round by the Detroit Tigers and immediately carved through Rookie League hitters, striking out 28 batters in 17.1 innings. With Williams coaching him, Brieske punched out 116 batters in 79.2 innings. Brieske's 116 K's were the most by a Pack pitcher in 50 years.
Brieske was the second Pack pitcher to earn First Team All-RMAC honors under Coach Williams. Williams guided Kyle Lazcano to First Team All-RMAC and Second Team All-Region honors in 2017. One year earlier, Williams helped Cameron Weinberg to Second Team All-RMAC honors. In all four of his seasons as a full-time assistant, the Pack has made the postseason.
With Williams calling pitches, the Pack rank ninth in D-II with 10.1 K's per nine innings in 2019. Williams' ThunderWolves ranked in the top 30 in the nation in the 2020 season.
Williams spent the 2015 season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Pack, working with the catchers and pitchers. During the summer of 2014, he served as an assistant coach with the Pueblo Collegians of the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League.
As a player at CSU-Pueblo, Williams played in 51 games during the 2014 season. Williams amassed 41 hits, 24 RBIs and 23 runs scored. At the conclusion of the 2014 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Williams was tabbed to the all-tournament team after going 6-for-16 at the plate with four RBIs and two runs scored.
Prior to joining the Pack, Williams spent two seasons behind the plate at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Williams began his collegiate baseball career at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kan. In 2011, Williams helped lead Seward to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.
Williams earned an associate’s degree in science from Seward in 2011. He went on to graduate from CSU-Pueblo in December of 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. He went on to achieve his masters in Coaching from Adams State University. Williams completed his bachelor’s degree with a 3.3 GPA. Â
