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Report: Carla Williams to become UVA AD and only African-American female AD in the Power 5

University of Georgia deputy athletic director Carla Williams will be named athletic director at the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville (VA) Daily Press reports.

Williams, a Georgia alumna and a former professional basketball player, will be the only African-American female AD among 64 Power 5 conference schools.

Williams will succeed Craig Littlepage, who is retiring. Littlepage was the first African-American athletic director in the ACC upon his 2001 hiring.