The current assistant principal team consists of Yolanda Anderson, Robert Drummond and Bear Bryant. While there have been approximately forty assistant principals since the school's opening in 1951, perhaps the best known and most influential is Jerome Evans, who was appointed assistant principal at the same time he became head football coach in 1970. Although known primarily for his coaching role, his administrative leadership ensured a peaceful transition through the period of integration, serving as assistant principal for over two decades. His life story and influence is still taught to students as part of the curriculum of the history course covering the 1960s. Another former assistant principal, Lairron G. Guthrie, concurrently served as Mayor of Burlington from 1973 to 1975, and later served as guidance counselor. Dr. Patricia Bason served as assistant principal from 1983 to 1988, and later served on the faculty of Elon University. She was succeeded by Shirley Faircloth, who served from 1988 to 1997. Ms. Faircloth had taught English, served as advisor to "The Barker" for fourteen years, and founded the Williams English Honor Society. Although she served as assistant principal for nine years, her total length of service at Williams was twenty-nine years. John Heath served from 2008 to 2012, having served at Cedar Ridge High School. Kent Byrd served from 1998 to 2000, and later served as principal of Southern Alamance High School before joining the staff of the central office.