Former UGA assistant, JC championship coach dies

Bert Williams won 156 games and a national championship in 20 years as head coach of Georgia Military College in Milledgeville.

Credit: File photo courtesy of the Macon Telegraph

Credit: File photo courtesy of the Macon Telegraph

Bert Williams won 156 games and a national championship in 20 years as head coach of Georgia Military College in Milledgeville.

Former University of Georgia graduate assistant and long-time junior college coach Bert Williams died Monday after a two-year battle with cancer.

Williams served as a graduate assistant for UGA coach Ray Goff from 1990-93 before achieving huge success during a 23-year career at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville. Williams had a record of 156-58 at GMC, winning a national championship and three national coach of the year awards. Williams was inducted into the National Junior College Hall of Fame in 2010.