arry Williams graduated from Bloomington High School North (BHSN) in 1980. He was a member of the track program the last two years under the guidance of Coach John McNichols. While Williams was a student at Indiana University, Coach McNichols invited him to assist with the track program at BHSN as a volunteer.

In the spring of 1983, Williams left the BHSN program to go to Bloomington High School South as a paid assistant coach to Tom Alwine. After assisting Alwine for two track seasons and being the volunteer girls cross country coach, Williams became the head coach of boys cross country and track and field starting in the fall of 1984.