Gene Williams

Elected : USSSA New York Hall Of Fame in 2004
Inducted : April 2005, Syracuse, NY.

Gene resides in the city of Rochester, NY. He has been employed with the Rochester Recreation Department for 31 years. Gene has great success in turning around many young Women and Men to lead very productive lives. Coaching youth and adult teams at the Recreation Center is where his coaching career began.

In 1974 he started coaching teams in the USSSA Leagues and Local Tournaments. In 1983 Gene's Scott's Cobra's won the USSSA New York State 'D' Championship followed up in 1985 with the USSSA New York State 'C' Championship. Gene joined the Pace Organization in 1986 to form a Class 'B' traveling team to play in more competitive tournaments throughout the country.

The emergence of Gene's team to a National status began in 1991 when he merged the Pace 'A' and 'B' teams to form the Pace 'AA' team with the outstanding support of Patrick and Karen Kehoe. Gene's Team Pace has played in 11 Black America World Championships, winning 7 World Titles with an unprecedented 6 titles in a row. Gene has won over 1,100 USSSA games in his career.