HBCU coaching legend gets highway section named after him
Courtesy of St. Augustine’s University An HBCU coaching legend is now getting a stretch of highway named after him in the capital of North Carolina. George Williams, legendary head coach of the prolific Saint Augustine’s University track and field program, will have a stretch of highway named after him. The N.C. Board of Transportation approved the designation at the request of the Raleigh City Council on Wednesday, according to the Durham Herald-Sun. The Coach George Williams interchange where New Bern Avenue meets Interstate 440 on the Raleigh Beltline will be named after the coach, who is a graduate of the HBCU.