ABSENTEE FATHER: A YOUNG MAN STRUGGLE WITH ANGER

I AM STILL IN COUNSELING BUT I HAVE CLIMBED THE LADDER OF SUCCESS BECAUSE OF HIS DETERMINATION TO MAKE IT. LISTEN TO HIS TESTIMONY AS HE SHARES HIS PAST ANGER AND NOW MANY SUCCESSES.

COACH WILLIAMS IS A NATIVE OF VALDOSTA,GA AND GRADUATED FROM LOWNDES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1991. HE PLAYED BASEBALL FOR FOUR YEARS AND FOOTBALL ONE YEAR, WHERE HE LEAD THE TEAM IN RECEIVING HIS SENIOR YEAR. HE SIGNED A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE IN JACKSONVILLE,FL BUT LEFT TO PURSUE THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, FOOTBALL. WILLIAMS PLAYED SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA COUGARS FOR TWO YEARS IN WHICH HE LED THE TEAM IN RECEIVING, RECEIVING YDS. AND TOUCHDOWNS BOTH SEASONS. IN 1995 WILLIAMS SIGNED WITH THE VALDOSTA VIPERS IN WHICH HE LEAD THE VIPERS IN RECEPTIONS AND RECEIVING YDS. IN 1996 HE WAS SECOND ON THE TEAM IN RECEPTIONS BUT FIRST IN RECEIVING YDS. AND TOUCHDOWNS. WILLIAMS FINISHED HIS SEMI-PRO CAREER WITH THE VALDOSTA DAWGS IN 1997 IN WHICH ONCE AGAIN HE LEAD THE TEAM IN RECEPTIONS,RECEIVING YDS. AND TOUCHDOWNS. AFTER THE SEASON WILLIAMS SIGNED WITH THE FLORIDA BOBCATS OF THE ARENA 1 FOOTBALL LEAGUE.