As Marcia Williams enters her 30th season Arkansas State University's head tennis coach, she is excited about the prospects ahead for 2009-10.

A native of Jonesboro, Williams enters the 2010 regular season with a career record of 321-225. Her 2009 squad finished with a 13-8 (.619) record, including a seven-match win streak that spanned Mar. 9-21.  The Red Wolves finished fifth in the Sun Belt Conference behind three nationally ranked teams.

A 1980 graduate of Arkansas State, Williams took over the women's tennis program that same year and coached her team to a second-place finish in the Arkansas Women's Intercollegiate Sports Association (AWISA) with an 8-5 record.

The following season, her team won the AWISA championship with a 12-3 mark. Her commitment to good work in the classroom also pays dividends as the Red Wolves team has been selected as an ITA All-Academic Team each year since 1999. There are only 50 teams nationally eligible to receive such an honor and received that honor once again in 2006, 2007, 2008 and in 2009. In fact, her entire 2005 squad received individual ITA academic honors, and four Red Wolves were honored in 2009. In addition, the women's team is almost always at 100 percent for the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Marcia is married to Bob Williams, a former ASU men's tennis coach and assistant track and field coach who was an outstanding decathlete. Bob was inducted into ASU's Hall of Honor in 1987 and Marcia joined him as a 1993 inductee. In fact, Marcia enjoyed a stellar career as one of the top collegiate players around while playing for Arkansas State. She also earned degrees in both elementary education and business administration while at ASU. They have two children-son Matt (22) and daughter, Kara (17).

MARCIA WILLIAMS' RECORD: 2009---13-8 (5th in the Sun Belt Conference) 2008—13-10 (7th in the Sun Belt Conference) 2007—9-8 (7th in the Sun Belt Converence) 2006—12-9 (8th in Sun Belt Conference) 2005—6-11 (10th in Sun Belt Conference) 2004—6-8 (9th in Sun Belt Conference) 2003—11-11 (8th in Sun Belt Conference) 2002—16-8 (4th in Sun Belt Conference) 2001—7-15 (8th in Sun Belt Conference) 2000—17-4 (3rd in Sun Belt Conference) 1999—13-8 (3rd in Sun Belt Conference) 1998—13-7 (3rd in Sun Belt Conference) 1997—12-5 (2nd in Sun Belt Conference) 1996—16-6 (2nd in Sun Belt Conference) 1995—16-1 (3rd in Sun Belt Conference) 1994—11-7 (4th in Sun Belt Conference) 1993—19-7 (4th in Sun Belt Conference) 1992—17-9 (5th in Sun Belt Conference) 1991—11-3 (2nd in American South Conference