Vic Williams
Head Football Coach, Thomas Dale High School

27 years as a head football coach in the Metro Richmond area, compiling an overall record of 213-88-1. The 213 wins ranks 34th all-time in the Virginia High School League (VHSL), all levels. Head coach, four years at Goochland HS (1983-1986), overall record at GHS: 22-17-1; moved to his alma mater, Thomas Dale HS, head coach for 23 years (1987-2009), overall record at Thomas Dale HS: 191-71.

In his final season as head coach, guided Thomas Dale to the VHSL Group AAA, Division 6 state football championship. This marked the first time that a Chesterfield County High School won a VHSL state football title! The Knights defeated Lake BraddocK HS, 35-21, at UVA’s Scott Stadium, in what would be Coach Williams’ final game as the Thomas Dale head coach as he would resign the following spring, 2010, due to health challenges!

With 213 coaching wins, overall, Williams ranks fourth all-time in the Metro Richmond area (Jim Woodson, 282; Roger Brookes, 274; Ray Long, Jr. 228).

With regard to coaching wins at a Chesterfield County school, he is second all-time with 191 wins, behind Tom Hall, who had 194 wins during his tenure at Manchester HS (1999-2023).

In addition to the state championship in 2009, Vic coached Thomas Dale to the VHSL Group AAA, Division 6 title game in 2001 (runner-up to James Robinson) and 1992 (runner-up to Pulaski County).

During his head coaching tenure, the Knights won seven VHSL Group AAA Central Region Championships: 2009, 2002, 2001, 1996, 1993, 1992, and 1989. All were at the Division 6 level except the 1989 title which was a Division 5 title.

Nine times name the District Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Richmond: 2009, 2001, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1991, 1988, and 1987. All were Central District COY honors except the 1987 honor when the Knights were a member of the Dominion District.

Prior to serving as a head coach, spent the 1982 season as the Offensive Coordinator of Vance Senior High School in Henderson, NC. His first high school coaching experience was at the, then, newly opened Lloyd C. Bird HS, as head junior varsity coach, 1979 & 1980, before serving as Offensive Coordinator of the Skyhawks in 1981.

A native of Chester, Virginia, Williams graduated from Thomas Dale in 1969 where he was a member of the football team, playing quarterback for legendary head coach Ed Karpus, earning All-Region honors. He earned his college degree from Ettrick’s Virginia State University after first attending Bridgewater College, providing him a high school diploma and college diploma from Chesterfield County schools!

Inducted into the Thomas Dale Ring of Honor in 2012, inductees are considered for excellence both at Thomas Dale HS and in their lives after graduation.

In 2010, was the posthumous recipient of the Bunkie Trinite Memorial Achievement Award, presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Richmond for lifetime dedication and achievement, at any level, to the sport of football.

Four players played professionally with three in the NFL: Ken Oxendine (1998 & 1999), William Henderson (1995 – 2006), and Rudi Johnson (2001 – 2008), and one, Ricky Hall, NFL Europe (2001 & 2002)
Sadly, passed away on November 20, 2010, following a recurring bout with cancer.

Nomination submitted by the Touchdown Club of Richmond. All information complied with research by TD Club members, Mike O’Toole and Gary Hess. If there are any questions or concerns, please contact O’Toole, [email protected] or 804.908.3721. Thank you for this opportunity to nominate Coach Vic Williams for the Chesterfield Sports Hall of Fame

By:  Mike O'Toole, Touchdown Club of RVA

(For more information, please contact Mike O'Toole, 804.908.3721, or e-mail: [email protected])

RICHMOND, Va. -- Retiring Hampden-Sydney head football coach, Marty Favret, is being honored by the Touchdown Club of Richmond as the 2023 recipient of the Ray Tate Memorial Award.  The "Tater" is presented, annually, to a person who exemplifies the commitment and dedication to the sport of football as exemplified by the late Ray Tate.

Favret announced at the start of this football season that the 2023 season, his 24th on the sidelines as the Hampen-Sydney College head coach, would be his last.  He departs as the all-time winningest head football coach with a career record at HSC of 150-89 including five wins this season.  Favret will be coaching his final regular season home game this Saturday at Farmville when the Tigers host Shenandoah, 1pm.

Hired following the completion of the 1999 football season, Favret inherited a one-win team and flipped it to a one loss team, 9-1, by 2003!  This was just the start of the winning ways he created at HSC as his teams won five ODAC titles and made six trips to the NCAA Division III playoffs.  For this coaching success, he was honored as the ODAC Coach of the Year five times (2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) and twice honored by the TD Club of Richmond with the Willard Bailey Coach of the Year Award (2009, 2013).

Prior to arriving at Hampden-Sydney, the Favret resume included Offensive Coordinator at Catholic University for six seasons as well as head junior varsity coach at Gonzaga College High School in the Nation's Capital.  Ironically, Favret is a graduate of both Catholic U (1984) and Gonzaga College HS (1980).

Coach Favret and the Ray Tate Memorial Award will be featured during the broadcast of the Dudley and Lanier Awards presentation, scheduled for Saturday, December 9.  This awards broadcast will air on WTVR-TV6, the local CBS affiliate in Richmond, hosted by Lane Casadonte.  The awards show will follow the national broadcast of the Army vs. Navy football game on CBS.  The game kicks-off at 3:00pm. 

The Touchdown Club of Richmond is a 501(c)(3), sports-social organization, based in Richmond, Virginia.  The club promotes the best interests of the American game of football and sports in general, under the guidance of elected officers, with the predominate purpose being to recognize worthy athletes for their accomplishments.   

The Ray Tate Memorial Award was established in 2013 to honor Tate who spent over 50 years associated with the sport of football, many of them at the collegiate level.  A graduate of Patrick Henry High School, he played college football at the University of Richmond, serving as the team co-captain his senior year, 1965, and earned All-Southern Conference honors as an offensive guard.  He then continued with the Spiders as a coach from 1966 to 1973 and then returned, as an analyst, on the radio broadcasts for 20 additional years, 1985 to 2004.  Sadly, he passed away on October 19, 2011, at 68 years of age.

Annually, at the end of every college football season, the Touchdown Club accepts nominations from its membership for a person to be considered for this prestigious award.  From these nominations, the Ray Tate Award committee formulates a ballot for the club's membership to then vote, selecting the annual recipient of the "Tater", one of the club's highest annual awards.  Past winners include:

2022 – John Shuman;  2021 – Jeff Hanson;  2019 – Joe Taylor;  2018 – Donny White;  2017 – Hank Norton;  2016 – Matt Kelchner;  2015 – Charlie Cloe;  2014 – Tommy Throckmorton;  2013 – Jim Cavanaugh