CAN WILLIAMS BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS MONTY?
June 10, 2010



Before this week I had a very short list of the most famous people or things named Monty I had ever heard of:

Monty Python	British comedy group
Monty Hall	Former host of “Let’s Make A Deal”, a TV game show that ran from 1963-1986
The Full Monty	1997 British comedy film about six unemployed workers who form a male stripease act to raise money. They strip all the way…thus the title.

But with the New Orleans Hornets hiring of Portland Trail Blazers’ assistant coach Monty Williams as their new head coach I can finally add a name to my list who’s also someone I actually know and will soon work with here in the Crescent City.

So, who is this relatively unknown, rising coaching star named the Hornets third head coach in eight months?

Since HEADLINES have been a heavy source of information since last season ended let’s deliver the (full) Monty story by the numbers.



Total NBA title rings Monty Williams has won (2004-2005 SA Spurs as a coaching intern).



Number of children Monty and his wife, Ingrid, have. That number will increase by one as the couple are expecting their fifth child this summer. Also, the number of NBA head coaches who have won a championship in the league who he has either played for or coached with (Gregg Popovich, Larry Brown, Pat Riley, and Doc Rivers). By the way, four is also the number of hours many of Williams’ practices lasted when he played for Riley in New York.


Number of NBA teams Monty Williams played for (NY, SA, Den, Orl, Phi). Also, the number of seasons he served as Assistant coach under Nate McMillan in Portland.




The height of the Hornets new head coach.





Number of seasons Monty Williams played in the NBA. He is also the 9th head coach in Hornets history (and the sixth to get his first opportunity as an NBA head coach with this franchise):



Birthdate of Tavares Montgomery (Monty) Williams Jr. in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He shares a birthday with many celebrities including: Matt Damon (actor); Billy Conn (Former Light heavyweight boxing champ); Bill Elliott (former Nascar star); Sigourney Weaver (Actress); Chevy Chase (Actor/Comedian); Paul Hogan (Actor/Comedian); Jesse Jackson (Civil Rights Activist/Baptist Minister); CeCe Winans (Award-winning gospel singer/talk show host); Karyn Parsons (Actress).


Not the former Fox TV series, it’s his Draft position in 1994, when the NY Knicks selected him in the first round out of Notre Dame.





Monty Williams’ age. He is not only the youngest head coach in Hornets history he’s the youngest current head coach in the entire NBA!




Total NBA games played during Williams’ nine-season career.




His final grade point average as a senior at Potomac HS (Va), where he won a state AAA championship.




Monty’s points per game/rebounds per game average in his senior season at Notre Dame.





Williams’ career points per game/rebounds per game average in the NBA.





The year Monty Williams resumed his college basketball career at Notre Dame. He was forced to sit out two seasons after being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is an irregular heartbeat due to the thickening of the left ventricle of the heart.



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