"There's never a day I get up and there's nothing to do," Williams says in his distinct Southern drawl while patting the three stacks of phone messages on his desk. "You look at all these phones messages, some of these aren't even going to get a return call."
Welcome to the world of the most famous Big Five player to never be a big-time professional athlete.
"Boo Williams is the most powerful non-collegiate, non-agent person in youth basketball in America," says Mike Flynn, of the Philadelphia Belles, a Nike-sponsored girls' travel team, and a longtime associate of Williams.
Few would argue.
Thirty-four years after Philly legend Sonny Hill introduced him to top-flight community-based basketball, Williams runs what is regarded as the nation's premier youth organization.
Over its 29-year existence, the BWSL has produced the likes of Allen Iverson, Scottie Reynolds, J.R. Reid, Alonzo Mourning, Joe Smith, J.J. Redick, Greivis Vasquez, Bryant Stith, and LaKeisha Frett.
Much more than just a coach, Williams is the AAU chairman for both boys' and girls' basketball and is on the USA men's basketball development national team committee.
One of his proudest accomplishments is his Boo Williams Sportsplex, a 135,000-square-foot, $13.5 million facility in Hampton Roads.
Williams, however, says he owes his success to Hill and the Sonny Hill League.
"If I was never in Philadelphia, I would never have started my summer league program," he says. "My idea was from my mentor, Sonny Hill."
Community-based ball
When it comes to talented post players, Williams was one of the Big Five's best from 1977 to 1981.
