09/01/2026
🩶🤍 IN MEMORY OF COACH ROY McWILLIAMS 🤍🩶💙
The Tift County Blue Devil family mourns the passing of a man whose fingerprints will forever be a part of our program.
Coach Roy McWilliams was a Blue Devil.
Coach McWilliams began his coaching career in Macon, Georgia, where he served as Offensive Coordinator for Central Macon’s 1975 State Championship team. In 1976, he joined Coach Brodie and others in making the move to Tifton, beginning a chapter that would help shape the history and tradition of Tift County athletics. For 17 years, Coach McWilliams served as Tift County’s Offensive Coordinator, helping lead some of the most memorable teams in Blue Devil history.
🏈 In 1979, Tift County defeated Valdosta twice, captured the Region Championship and advanced to play for the State Championship.
🏆 In 1983, Coach McWilliams was the Offensive Coordinator when the Blue Devils brought home the State Championship.
But his impact went far beyond Friday nights. Coach McWilliams also spent many years as an assistant baseball coach alongside Coach Tommy Seward. He took tremendous pride in helping improve the facilities generations of Blue Devils would call home, including Brodie Field, the field house and the weight room.
His contributions were formally recognized when he was selected as a 2022 inductee into the Tift County Athletic Hall of Fame and officially inducted in February 2023.
Championships are remembered. Facilities can stand for generations. But a coach’s greatest legacy is found in the countless young people, fellow coaches, families and communities whose lives were better because he was part of them. Today, we remember and honor Coach Roy McWilliams for his decades of service, his commitment to Tift County and his place in the history of Blue Devil athletics.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach McWilliams’ family, former players, fellow coaches, friends and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
💙 Once a Blue Devil, Always a Blue Devil. 🤍
Rest easy, Coach. 🩶
