DURHAM, N.C. – Director of Athletics Dr. Louis "Skip" Perkins has announced the appointment of Maurice Williams as the new Deputy Athletic Director for Strategic Communications at North Carolina Central University, effective immediately.
 
Williams will oversee the strategic communications office at NCCU and serve as the primary contact for football.
 
Williams most recently served as an Associate Athletic Director for Sports Media at Jackson State University in a remote consultant role while working towards a doctoral degree at Clemson University. He was the primary contact for the Tigers' football and men's basketball programs.
 
While working towards an Educational Leadership, Ph.D., in Higher Education at Clemson for the past three years, Williams has also served as a communications assistant with the Tigers, working with the students and graduate assistants while assisting with all home events.
 
Previously, Williams spent two and a half years as the Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) from 2019-2021, which NCCU is a member institution. He was the conference's primary contact for football, men's basketball, softball and men's golf.
 
Williams joined the league office after serving as the Assistant Director of Media Relations at the University of Tennessee for two years (2017-2019). He was the Vols' primary contact for softball and secondary contact for football.
 
Williams spent 10 years as the Director of Sports Information at Hampton University. He handled the day-to-day operations of the office, on top of serving as the primary media contact for football, men's basketball, softball, and men's and women's golf.
 
In addition, Williams served as the sport administrator for golf, tennis, softball and assistant professor in the Health, Recreation, and Physical Education department.
 
Williams currently holds memberships in the College Sports Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Black College Sports Information Directors of America (BCSIDA). At CoSIDA, Williams has served on the Committee-on-Committees Committee, the Scholarships Committee, the Academic All-Americans Committee and vice-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
 
He was featured in the Feb. 2011 issue of CoSIDA Digest, and Williams was also the 2012 recipient of the CoSIDA Rising Star Award and a 2016 recipient of the CoSIDA President's Award.
 
Prior to coming to Hampton, Williams was the Director of Sports Information at Div. II Shaw University. He was the primary media contact for all 13 of Shaw's varsity sports, and he was responsible for the creation and maintenance of content for Shaw's athletics website, as well as other publications such as media guides, game notes, gameday programs, posters, and schedule cards.
 
A 2005 graduate of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, Williams got his start in sports information as an undergrad. There, he assisted with the day-to-day operations for volleyball, football, men's and women's basketball, and softball, and Williams also supervised gameday management and produced gameday programs and record books.
 
In addition to a bachelor's degree in English from Livingstone, Williams also holds two master's degrees: one in Education from Old Dominion University (2011) and one in Sport Administration from Hampton (2014).
 
Williams is a native of Allendale, South Carolina.
 
Williams full bio HERE.
 
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