Matt Williams the rugby coach is presently (2005) the head coach of the Scotland national rugby union team. He works for the Scottish Rugby Union full-time, and is the first foreign head coach of Scotland. He is Australian, and from New South Wales. His first assistant coach (forwards coach) was New Zealander Todd Blackadder and the second is Ulsterman Willie Anderson. Williams was appointed after Ian McGeechan stepped up from the Scottish head coach role to become the SRU's Director of Rugby, shortly after the end of the Rugby Union World Cup in 2003.

Williams fired Alan Tait as defence coach and told Gregor Townsend he had no room for him in the team when he took over the reigns as Scotland's head coach.

External links

• Dark days loom for Williams - The Scotsman, January 15, 2005
• How low can Matt Williams go? - The Scotsman, March 15, 2005
• Enough is enough: Williams must go - The Scotsman, March 18, 2005
• Williams comes under fresh fire - BBC Sport, March 20, 2005
• Scanty evidence for Williams' bold boast - David Sole, Electronic Telegraph, March 21, 2005
• Coach has become frustrating story that's lost the plot - John Beattie, The Scotsman, March 21, 2005
• Dismissal of Williams is only way to go, says Weir - The Scotsman, March 23, 2005
• Time to go, Matt - The Scotsman, March 27, 2005