Marcia Fletcher Williams enters her first season as the head coach for the Cross Country and Track and Field programs.
“Coach Marcia” joins Stevenson after serving as the Associate Head Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Coach at Limestone University until the University’s closure in 2025.
“I am extremely grateful for this outstanding opportunity to lead the Stevenson University Men’s and Women’s Track and Field & Cross Country Programs into the future,” Williams said. “ Stevenson University has phenomenal facilities, programs, teams, academics, students, athletes, coaches, faculty, staff and administration. The sense of support, ownership and pride is felt in every interaction with the people that make up this close-knit community. I am thankful to now be included as an integral part of this community. “
“In addition to helping guide each individual on the Stevenson TFXC team to fulfill their purpose and find their place, I hope to become a trusted resource for inspiration and motivation for the entire Stevenson community,” Williams added.
During her five years as the Saints Horizontal and Vertical Jumps coach, her student-athletes excelled. She coached four South Atlantic Conference Champions, 12 All-Conference Performers, four All-Americans, one Southeast Region Athlete of the Year, one NCAA Division II Championship Men’s Triple Jump Runner-up, one NCAA Division II Championships Men’s Triple Jump 3rd Place, one NCAA Division II Championships Men’s Triple Jump fourth place finisher and numerous Academic All-Americans, NCAA Division II provisional qualifiers and conference scorers.
Under her tutelage, her Limestone University student-athletes broke school records in eight events including the women’s indoor and outdoor triple jump, men’s indoor and outdoor triple jump, men’s indoor pole vault, women’s indoor and outdoor pole vault and women’s indoor long jump. Additionally, one of her student-athletes broke the South Atlantic conference record in the men’s indoor and outdoor triple jump. A high percentage of Coach Marcia’s student-athletes set new personal records during their time working with her.
In addition to her coaching and administrative duties, Coach Marcia also served as the Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designee (ADID) for the Saints from 2023- 2025. Prior to her arrival at Limestone, Coach Marcia was the Director of Intramurals at Spartanburg Methodist College, Chairperson of the Women Making History Committee and President of Coach Marcia Consulting, Inc. while raising her family.
During her seven years as the President of Coach Marcia Consulting, Inc., she provided motivational and educational speaking, mentoring and sports performance training to youth, high school, collegiate and post collegiate athletes. Additionally, she developed and implemented youth camps and learn by doing clinics.
The highlight of her resume, however, was serving as the Head Coach of the Women's Track and Field team at Clemson University from 2000-2008, becoming the first black head coach in any sport at the University. While with the Tigers, Coach Marcia recorded one of the most successful seasons of any rookie coach in Clemson University history. Her 2001 team still holds Clemson's record for the best NCAA Championships indoor and outdoor women's track and fi eld team finish in school history. (3rd place indoor, 7th place outdoor).
Additionally, during her eight year tenure as the head coach, Clemson Women’s Track and Field claimed eight Individual National Champions, three Academic All-Americans, five top-25 NCAA team finishes, two Frank Howard Award Winners, 31 Outdoor ACC Champions, two NCAA East Region Champions, 20 Indoor ACC Champions, 16 Indoor All-American Performers, 13 Indoor School Records, 16 Indoor All-ACC Performers, two Outdoor ACC Meet MVP’s, 25 Outdoor All-ACC Performers, one Indoor ACC Meet MVP, 18 Outdoor School Records, two USATF Junior All-Americans, six Academic All-ACC Award Winners, 17 NCAA All-East Region Performers, one ACC Freshman of the Year, eight Outdoor All-American Performers, three ACC 50th Anniversary Team Selections, five top 25 NCAA East Region team finishes, seven semesters of Team GPA 3.0 or higher, one Weaver James-Corrigan Award Winner (ACC Postgraduate Scholarship). Also, four student-athletes from her teams went on to represent their respective countries at the Olympic Games.
Her Clemson Tiger teams accounted for nearly a quarter of the top-25 finishes at the NCAA Championships over the program's nearly 40-year history. Prior to Clemson, she spent a year as the Head Coach of the Stephen F. Austin State University Women’s Track and Field team. She got her collegiate start in coaching at Yale University where she served as the Assistant Men's and Women's Track and Field Coach responsible for the horizontal jumps and women’s sprints from 1995-1999.
A two-time graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and a Master of Science in Industrial Management, she was a four- time NCAA Division I National Championships qualifier in the hurdles, long jump and triple jump.
In 1991, she earned All-American honors in the Long Jump and was a member of the first ever Clemson Women’s Track and Field ACC Championship team. She is an NCSF certified personal trainer, USTFCCCA certified Jumps Specialist and Strength & Conditioning Coach, USA Track and Field Level II certified instructor and Level II certified Sprints, Hurdles, Relays and Jumps coach. In 2021, Marcia was inducted into the Inaugural Osbourn Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame in Manassas, VA.
Although Coach Marcia’s list of professional accolades is extensive, she considers her primary roles to be that of a proud wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and mentor. Away for most of her professional career, Coach Marcia is returning to the area where her parents originally met and married.
“Stevenson TFXC will continue to move forward into a bright future as we remember, understand and respect each individual and the different experiences and stories they bring with them. I will expect maximal intent and effort in the classroom, on the course, on the track and in the field. As we give our best while working, learning, listening, understanding, leading, and serving together, we will all achieve much forward progress and ultimately become everything we were meant to be. This is such a blessing. I can’t wait to get started!”
