Ricky Williams makes jump into coaching at UIW

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Ricky Williams has always, for better or worse, marched to his own beat.

When he first began playing football as a youth in San Diego, he didn't dream of being the next Dan Fouts, Chuck Muncie or Kellen Winslow. Williams instead imagined being the next Don Coryell, the San Diego Chargers' innovative coach of the 1970s and '80s.

"Even when I was a kid growing up, the people on the field I idolized were actually the coaches," Williams said. "They were the ones in charge. It seemed like the coaches were having more fun, especially when they were winning. To me, I just relate more to that."

Williams, the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back, was introduced by the University of the Incarnate Word as a football assistant coach during a press conference on Thursday.

Read about his first day on the job at Express-News.com: Ex-Heisman, UT standout makes jump into coaching