championships coach_years overall_record coach_team sport article_title name
'' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- '' ' 7 '' ' ncaa appearances ' 5 southern conference tournament champions -lrb- 1971 , 1973 , 1 1974 , 1975 , 1978 -rrb- 3 southern conference regular '' season champions -lrb- 1970 , 1974 , 1975 , 1977 ' -rrb- ncaa championship runner up 1966 -- 1970 1970 -- 1978 1978 -- 1986 336 -- 231 jacksonville furman florida state basketball joe williams -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 joe williams
joe williams -lrb- basketball -rrb-

joe williams is a retired college basketball coach .
he was head coach of the jacksonville university men 's basketball team from 1964 to 1970 , furman university from 1970 to 1978 and the florida state university from 1978 to 1986 .
he notably led jacksonville university to the finals of the ncaa tournament in 1970 , where he lost to john wooden and the ucla bruins 80-69 .
in addition , he took three different colleges to the ncaa tournament .
during his eight-year tenure -lrb- 1970-1978 -rrb- at furman , the paladins made it to the ncaa tournament five times -lrb- 1970-71 , 1972-73 , 1973-74 , 1974-75 and 1977-78 -rrb- ; won the southern conference tournament five times -lrb- 1970-71 , 1972-73 , 1973-74 , 1974-75 and 1977-78 -rrb- and the regular-season socon title three times -lrb- 1973-74 , 1974-75 and 1976-77 -rrb- .
williams is also one of only 25 coaches all-time to have led three different teams to the ncaa tournament .
his son , blake williams , is currently an assistant basketball coach at furman university .
