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Rally Williams

Rally Williams

Equipment Assistant
Joined VT Athletics Staff: 2026
Prior to Virginia Tech:  In 2024, he worked as an Equipment Management Intern with Virginia Tech Athletics’ Olympic Sports Department, assisting with equipment and apparel inventory, uniform distribution, team travel logistics, and equipment safety. He began working with the Pulaski River Turtles in 2021 as an intern before serving as Gameday Operations Manager and Groundskeeper from 2022–2025. The River Turtles are a summer collegiate baseball team competing in the Appalachian League, a player-development initiative supported by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. From 2025–2026, Williams worked at NeuroRestorative as a Behavioral Technician, Medical Technician, and Team Leader, helping support individuals with daily living activities, providing assistance with their care and well-being, and helping coordinate staff and daily operations.
From 2020–2024, he served as an assistant football coach at Christiansburg High School, helping develop players through training and conditioning while emphasizing teamwork, discipline, and sportsmanship. Williams served in the United States Army Reserve from 2020–2026, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5), and served as a squad leader during Freedom Shield 2025 in South Korea.
Education: Radford University, 2024 (B.S. in Sport Management). Williams completed Army Basic Combat Training in 2020 and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at the United States Army Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 2022.
Personal: A native of Christiansburg, Virginia, Williams grew up just 12 minutes from Lane Stadium. His lifelong proximity to Virginia Tech makes his current role with Virginia Tech Football a meaningful opportunity to contribute to a program close to home. During his military service, he received the Army Achievement Medal for his performance during annual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 2024.