Shaeeta Williams
Shaeeta Williams brings over 25 years of experience in college athletics and has served as LSU’s Athletics Director of Community Engagement since August 2024. In this role, she oversees school outreach, on-campus initiatives, including Geaux Day, and serves as a liaison between LSU’s Code of Conduct office and student-athletes. She works closely with student-athletes, sport staff, and sport supervisors while managing calendars, meetings, and tasks for athletic administrators. Additionally, Williams is the radio color analyst for the 2023 National Championship LSU Women’s Basketball team on the LSU Sports Radio Network.
Williams joined LSU Administration in April 2021 as the Coordinator of Athletics Administration (2021-2024) after spending six seasons (2015-2021) as the Director of Operations for LSU Women’s Basketball under Coach Nikki Fargas. In that role, she managed daily operations, including on-campus recruiting, budgeting, student-athlete well-being, in-season travel, and summer camps.
Before transitioning to LSU Athletics, Williams taught mathematics for two years (2013-2015) at her alma mater, Brusly High School, while also serving as head girls’ basketball coach, assistant volleyball coach, and girls’ strength coach. Her first teaching/coaching tenure at Brusly High was from 1999-2001, where led the girls’ basketball team and assisted with volleyball and track.
Williams’ collegiate coaching career includes serving as Women’s Basketball Special Assistant at the University of Texas (2007-2012) under her former Duke University coach and Hall of Famer, Gail Goestenkors. She played a key role in program operations, directed summer camps, and handled community relations. Her coaching relationship with Goestenkors began in 2001 at Duke, where she served as an assistant coach before transitioning to a special assistant role (2002-2007). During her tenure, Duke made three Final Four appearances, two Elite Eights, and one Sweet Sixteen. She began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at DePaul (1998-1999) under Hall of Famer, Doug Bruno.
A four-year basketball letterwinner and team captain at Duke University (1993-1998), Williams (formerly Shaeeta Brown) was a member of Goestenkors’ first recruiting class. She played a key role in leading Duke to its first NCAA tournament appearances under Goestenkors. Williams earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a minor in Religion in 1998 and was a three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.
A four-sport and All-State standout at Brusly High, Williams played basketball and volleyball and helped secure state titles in softball and track. Since 2013, she has led Coach Sha’s Bootcamp in West Baton Rouge, promoting fitness and wellness. Beyond athletics, Williams is a licensed minister, dedicated to inspiring and encouraging others through faith.
She and her husband, Barnell, reside in Addis, Louisiana, with their son, Seth.