Connor Williamson has returned to the New Mexico Military Institute as the head coach of the high school boys’ basketball program. The NMMI alum (H.S. 2007, JC 2009) is hoping to bring some stability to the Colt basketball teams.

“I know that there’s been a lot of turnover in the last couple of years,” Williamson said. “So, I hope that I can be the start of a solid foundation here – one which basically teaches our kids the same system. From the starting player on the varsity squad, all the way down to the C-team, the goal is to get everybody to buy into our system and to love coming to practice. We want to create a positive environment for the kids here, one that will hopefully continue on for years to come. I’m excited about being given this opportunity.”

Williamson is a former NMMI basketball player who played four years for the high school team and then with the junior college program from 2007-2009.

Connor's father, Clyde, also coached at Roswell High for more than 20 years, both soccer and basketball, and was an assistant coach for the Colts while his son was on the team.

After graduating from NMMI, Williamson moved to Arizona. He got both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in biomedical engineering.

He began training in 10 sports (100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1,500-meter run) and three months later finished second in his first heptathlon behind an NJCAA champion and Olympian.

Williamson continued training on his own at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix.

In his first year as a Puma, he won the NJCAA Division I national championship in men’s decathlon, tallying over 7,000 points.