Rick Williamson

Biography

Rick Williamson was named head coach of the Wright State cross country and track programs in June 2016. Williamson, who was the interim head coach for the track team in 2015-16, served as an assistant coach for the cross country team for five years and the track program for four seasons. During his time as an assistant, the Raiders showed continued improvement, including third-place Horizon League finishes by the women's cross country team in 2015-16 and by the men's cross country and women's outdoor track teams in 2013-14. That year saw Dan Shafer earn the Wright State Male Athlete of the Year, as he finished second at the league meet and won the 10,000-meter run at the league outdoor track meet. In 2012, the Raiders set 10 new track records, highlighted by Cassandra Lloyd receiving her second All-American honor by appearing in the NCAA National Meet in Des Moines, Iowa. Overall, 26 school records in track have been set since Williamson's arrival in the fall of 2011 (16 indoor, 10 outdoor) along with a new 5K record for men's cross country. Williamson came to WSU after serving one year as head men's and women's cross country and assistant track coach at Notre Dame College of Ohio. While there, Williamson guided the distance runners to six new school records and five NAIA track qualifiers. Prior to Notre Dame, he spent four years as the assistant coach at Northwood (MI) University, where he helped establish 18 new school records and led the women's cross country team to its h