Monty Williams will coach sons at San Antonio prep school

SAN ANTONIO – Former NBA Coach of the Year Monty Williams will take his skills to the high school level as coach of TMI Episcopal prep school in San Antonio, where he will coach his sons Elijah and Micah.

TMI Episcopal announced the Williams hire Sunday on its Instagram account.

“Coach Williams brings extensive coaching experience, including his most recent roles in the NBA as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns,” the release said. “He and his wife, Lisa, recently moved to San Antonio and are TMI parents of Elijah, class of ’26 and Micah, class of ’29. We are pleased to welcome Coach Williams to this position and look forward to the future of our basketball program under his leadership.”

Williams most recently served as the Pistons, who fired him in June after one season with $65 million remaining on his contract. Williams arrived in Detroit after being fired from the Phoenix Suns in 2023. The coach originally planned to sit out the 2023-2024 season after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, but the Pistons lured him in with a six-year contract worth $78 million. Williams finished his lone season in Detroit with a 14-68 record.

In Phoenix, Williams was instrumental in reviving the franchise. Williams won NBA Coach of the Year for 2021-2022 and finished his tenure with the Suns with a record of 194-115 (.628) in the regular season and 27-19 in the postseason with one appearance in the NBA Finals (2021) .

Previous coaching stops as an assistant coach for Williams include San Antonio, Portland, Oklahoma City and Philadelphia.

Williams served as the Spurs’ vice president of basketball operations in 2016.