Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
Paul Darren Williams (born 26 March 1971) is an English professional football coach and former player who is academy director at Birmingham City.
As a player, he was a centre back and midfielder from 1989 until 2005, most notably in the Premier League for Coventry City and Southampton, as well as in the Football League for Derby County and Stoke City.
Upon his retirement he moved into coaching, working in the academies at Southampton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Norwich City, Birmingham City and with the England youth teams. He served Nottingham Forest as caretaker manager late in the 2015–16 season. He has also managed Fredericksburg Gunners and has worked on the coaching staff's of Swansea Ciy, Brentford, Aldershot Town and Sheffield Wednesday.