Dan Williams

Biography

Dan Williams joined the Golden Hurricane women’s soccer staff as an assistant coach in March of 2025. Williams comes to TU after spending the previous two seasons across town as an assistant coach at Oral Roberts, contributing to 17 combined wins with the Golden Eagles and finishing as the Summit League tournament runner-up in 2024. Before joining ORU in 2023, Williams served as the general manager and head coach for SIDE FC 92 from 2020-2024, where he helped establish the program and helped lead the team to a national Elite Eight appearance in its first season. Concurrently, he worked as the Girls NPL Technical Director at West Side Alliance S.C. from 2017-2022, overseeing player and coach development, and facilitating nine teams to multiple national finals. Williams also has two years of experience (2019-2020) as a match observer for the United Soccer League (USL) and previously held the role of Director of Soccer Operations at ORU from 2016 to 2020. His coaching career includes positions at Dakota Wesleyan University as a men’s and women’s graduate assistant and various club teams. As a player, Williams spent one year at Feather River Community College, one season at King University and his final two years at Northeastern State, where earned his bachelor's degree in 2011. He earned a master’s degree in education policy and administration from Dakota Wesleyan University in 2013.