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Herbert L. Williams (born February 16 1958 in Columbus, Ohio), is an assistant basketball coach and former professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eighteen seasons from 1982 to 1999. In 2005, Williams served as the interim head coach of the NBA's New York Knicks.

Williams attended Ohio State University, and in 1982 was drafted by the Indiana Pacers. He was traded to the Dallas Mavericks after the 1988-1989 season. In 1993, he was signed by the New York Knicks, where he spent six years backing up perennial All-Star Patrick Ewing. The team made the 1994 and 1999 NBA Finals, with Williams serving as a team leader.

After the 1999 Finals, Williams retired at the age of forty. Four years later, he returned to the Knicks as an assistant coach. He worked under head coaches Don Chaney and Lenny Wilkens. When Wilkens resigned in 2005, Williams took over as head coach.

On July 26, 2005, ESPN.com announced that legendary basketball coach Larry Brown was hired as the next head coach of the Knicks, thus ending Williams' head coaching tenure. Williams is under contract through the end of the 2005-2006 season.

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