Grambling State Doug Williams Fired As Head Coach After Second Stint With Team And A 1-12 Record Last Season

Grambling State Doug Williams fired as head coach of the university's football team. The former Super Bowl MVP was in his second stint as coach at Grambling State with a 1-12 record since guiding the Tigers to the 2011 SWAC title.

The university said it bought out the remainder of the former NFL quarterback, Doug Williams's contract. In other words, he has been fired on Wednesday.

"We recognize Doug Williams' many contributions to our football legacy, and we express our deep appreciation for his service to Grambling State University, and we wish him well in the future," Grambling president Frank Pogue said in a statement.

Williams told The News-Star that Pogue informed him of his firing during a meeting in the president's office Wednesday morning.

"There wasn't a lot of conversation. I told him, 'OK,' and I was gone," said Williams, 58, who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXII.

The university said in its statement that it decided to "move in another direction" in ending Williams' contract, which ran through next season.

Williams' son, junior D.J. Williams, is a quarterback on the team and doesn't appear to be ok with the move by the University.

"I know D.J. is emotional, but I told him he has to be strong, and he told me he will," Doug Williams told The News-Star. "That's all I need for him to be strong. If he's strong, his daddy is going to be all right."

Williams won the Super Bowl for the 1987 season with the Washington Redskins. He won the MVP trophy for his performance in the game. Williams completed 18 of 29 passes for 340 yards, with four touchdown passes.

Doug Williams became the head football coach at Grambling State University in 1998, succeeding the legendary Eddie Robinson. He led the Tigers to three consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference titles from 2000-2002, before leaving to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a personnel executive.

On February 21, 2011, Williams resigned from the Destroyers to begin his second stint as the head football coach at Grambling State.