Mark Williams is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was also a star player with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League, before joining Collingwood, where he rose to the position of captain of the club during the mid-1980s. After the 1986 season he left to become the first player to be signed with the newly-founded Brisbane Bears, and was named vice-captain to Mark Mickan. Port Adelaide Football Club logo Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club, nicknamed The Power in the Australian Football League (AFL), and nicknamed The Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... Introduction SANFL Logo The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL as it is usually referred to, is the premier league for Australian Rules football in the state of South Australia. ... Collingwood Football Club logo The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped jerseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...

Mark Williams retired from the AFL during the 1990 season to return to Port Adelaide. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After his playing days were completed he joined Essendon as an assistant coach, and in 1999 won the head coaching role at Port Adelaide, which had moved to the AFL in 1997 and renamed itself the Power. Port Adelaide topped the ladder at the end of 2002 and 2003, but losses in finals ruined their chances of winning the premiership. However in 2004 they again topped the ladder and Williams became Port Adelaide's first AFL premiership-winning coach, with the team defeating the Brisbane Lions.-1... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ... Brisbane Lions logo CHEATS The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club, formed from the post-1996 merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, the Lions. ...

Williams comes from a large and intensely proud footballing dynasty, closely aligned with Port. His father, the late Fos Williams, is often referred to as the father of the Port Adelaide Football Club.