Aric Williams Position: Cornerbacks

Aric is in his third second season at Montana and coaches the cornerbacks. He was a collegiate standout at corner in college.

The past two seasons Grizzly cornerback Trumaine Johnson was named to numerous All-American teams, and was a first team all-league pick. Last year senior cornerback Houston Roots was a second team all-conference selection, while two seasons ago senior corner Brandon Dodson earned all-conference honorable mention recognition.

Prior to coming to Montana he was at Arizona State University, where he oversaw defensive quality control and assisted with cornerbacks and special teams.

Before his position at ASU, he served as an assistant coach in his hometown at Diamond Bar High School in California in 2007-08. While there he worked with the defensive backs, wide receivers, as well as the kickoff and punt returners.

Williams was a standout cornerback at Oregon State and four-year letterman there from 2001-04. He was a first team All-Pac-10 selection at cornerback for the Beavers his senior year in 2004 when he had 56 tackles, five interceptions, and 14 pass break-ups.

He was a second team all-conference pick his junior season at cornerback and as a kick-off returner at OSU. His junior year he had 39 tackles, four interceptions, and 12 pass deflections.

Following his playing days at OSU, he played for the Philadelphia Eagles for a season (2005), and then played in NFL Europe for the Cologne Centurions (2006). After that he played two seasons of Arena Football for the Philadelphia Soul (2007) and Arizona Rattlers (2008).

Williams earned his B.A. degree at OSU in fine arts with an emphasis in graphic design in 2005.

Aric is single.