Jimmy Williams (linebacker)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jimmy Williams

| number = 59, 58, 54

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 230

| high_school = Washington (DC) Woodrow Wilson

| college = Nebraska

| draftyear = 1982

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 15

| teams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1982}}–{{NFL Year|1990}})
• Minnesota Vikings (1990–{{NFL Year|1991}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1992}}–{{NFL Year|1993}})

| pastcoaching =

• Pontiac Northern HS (MI) (1994–1998)
  Defensive coordinator
• Pontiac Central HS (MI) (1999–2000)
  Head coach
• Grand Valley State (2001)
  Defensive line coach
• Toledo (2002)
  Defensive line coach
• Nebraska (2003)
  Linebackers coach coach
• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2004}})
  Coaching intern
• Buffalo (2006–2008)
  Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
• UAB (2012)
  Assistant head coach & defensive line coach
• UAB (2013)
  Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, & inside linebackers coach
• Eastern Michigan (2014–2015)
  Defensive line coach
• Western Michigan (2016)
  Defensive line coach
• Bowling Green (2018)
  Defensive line coach
• Pioneer HS (MI) (2020)
  Head coach

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1981)
• First-team All-Big Eight (1981)
• Second-team All-Big Eight (1980)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 27.5

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 13

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 13

| pfr = WillJi21

}}

James Henry Williams (born November 15, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker who played mainly for the Detroit Lions in an 11-year, 12 season career that lasted from 1982 to 1993 in the National Football League (NFL). He not only played college football for the University of Nebraska but also coached there. He also both played in and coached in the Goodyear Cotton-Bowl. His coaching career also included roles at Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, University of Alabama Birmingham, University of Buffalo, Bowling Green University and culminated at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School.

Williams played college football at University of Nebraska{{cite web|title=#96 Jimmy Williams|url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=921940|work=huskers.com|access-date=18 December 2010|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024100730/http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=921940|url-status=dead}} where he was an All-American defensive end. He came into Nebraska as only a walk-on. He was selected in the first round of the 1982 NFL draft by the Lions, as the 15th overall pick.