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Tim Williams Bio

At Waynesville High School in Ohio, Tim Williams had the record for the longest field goal in the state: a 57-yarder on Oct. 14, 1988. From there he went on to a successful college and pro career. Now he's working with young men from the 6th grade to those training in the NFL to help them achieve their own dreams at the sport.

Attending The Ohio State University on a full football scholarship, Williams was a four-year starting place kicker (1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993) and a starting punter in 1991 and 1993. He was named to the The Ohio State University All-Century Team and 1st Team All-Big Ten in 1993. His 49 career field goals at that time broke an OSU record, although his career P.A.T. percentage (99 percent) and 86 consecutive P.A.T.?s still stand today as an OSU record.

Tim Williams Bio

Ex-OSU kicker mentors rising stars
By Nick Hurm ? [email protected] ? July 5, 2009

Tim Williams can go on for hours about the art of kicking a football.

He?ll talk about visualizing a swing path and stepping off the balls of your feet into your plant foot. He?ll emphasize the importance of using your opposite arm as a balance beam to coincide with your kicking leg.

It may not be a very compelling conversation topic to most people.

But for a select few who are trying to succeed as a placekicker and punter on a football field, it has paid off with scholarships, awards and even NFL contracts.

In April, the Lebanon resident quit his job as an industrial supplier to become a full-time kicking instructor. Now, he?s competing against other national kicking academies, already with an impressive resume of clientele from all over the country.

Williams, once a heralded kicker himself at Waynesville and Ohio State, is currently working with three area college products of interest ? UC kicker Jake Rogers, Miami freshman Zac Murphy (Kings) and Ohio State commitment Drew Basil (Chillicothe).

He?s also worked with Lou Groza award-winners Mike Nugent (Ohio State, 2004) and Art Carmody (Louisville, 2006), along with former UC kicker and NFL product Kevin Lovel.

?My freshman year on the field, I didn?t do to well. I went 11-for-19,? said Rogers. ?After working a full year with Tim, I was a Lou Groza semi-finalist. I can?t tell you anything that I did my freshman year that I do now. Everything has changed, all for the better. Tim has helped me with every single thing. It?s a night-and-day difference.?

Williams is one of the most decorated kickers ever to come out of Southwest Ohio. By the mid-1990s, he held the record for longest field goal in Ohio High School history (57 yards), as well as most individual kicking records at Ohio State. He was also named First Team All-Big Ten in 1993 and eventually to Ohio State?s All-Century Team.

But Williams? name was never called during the 1994 NFL Draft. And after two years with brief stints with Atlanta, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, his hopes quickly dried up.

He played the Dayton Skyhawks and Ohio Valley Greayhounds before taking a job as a program director with the Arena Football League?s Detroit Fury. It was with the Fury that Williams started to develop his love for coaching.

?I?ve had my day in the glory,? Williams said. ?For me, it?s all about the kickers. The kids have to work hard. I worked hard to get where I got. They do that, I make myself 100 percent available so if he call me, I?m there. I think that?s what keeps kids coming to me.?

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