CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Carla Williams said she has had other chances to leave Georgia and realize her dream of becoming an athletic director. She was just looking for the right fit.
She believes she has found it, saying it wasn't until Virginia offered her the opportunity that she was willing to make the move and become the first African-American woman to lead an athletic department at a Power Five school.
"I knew the quality of the university here at Virginia," the 49-year-old Williams said Monday when introduced as the successor to Craig Littlepage. "So I think an elite, world class university that has proven that you can win championships -- there aren't many of those.