Post Falls hires Jeff Williamson as boys basketball coach
Post Falls turned to veteran coach Jeff Williamson, a 115-98 head coach, to stabilize a program that had three different boys basketball coaches in three seasons.
Post Falls turned to an experienced voice to steady a boys basketball program that had changed leaders three times in three seasons. Jeff Williamson, 40, was hired as the Trojans’ new head boys basketball coach and P.E. teacher, giving Post Falls a coach with nine years of varsity head-coaching experience and a 115-98 record.
Williamson arrived with a long paper trail across five states. His previous head-coaching stops included Tamassee-Salem High School in South Carolina, Woodward High School in Oklahoma, Garden City High School and Dodge City High School in Kansas, and Logan High School in West Virginia, where he also coached at his alma mater. Before moving into coaching, he was a four-year varsity player at Logan and chose the sideline over trying to walk on in college.
For Williamson and his wife, Jenna, the move carried more than professional appeal. He said he first came to North Idaho about three years ago for a wedding, and the region’s scenery and the people they met made a lasting impression. The Williamsons said they hope to retire in Post Falls and watch their 1-year-old daughter graduate from Post Falls High School.
Post Falls athletic director Craig Christensen said five candidates applied for the job and two were interviewed. Christensen said Williamson stood out because he had head-coaching experience at schools similar in size to Post Falls and had worked with college programs. The Trojans will be his latest stop in a career that has taken him from one high school gym to another, but now places him in one of Kootenai County’s most visible basketball jobs.
The hire matters because Post Falls has been competitive but unsettled. The Trojans finished the 2025-26 regular season 16-8, and the previous year they went 15-10. In February, Post Falls and Lake City battled through a three-game 6A District 1 championship series for the league’s lone state berth. Lake City won the deciding game 69-52 on Feb. 28 after the teams split the first two games, leaving Post Falls just short of the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa.
Williamson inherits a program with tradition, expectations and no shortage of pressure. If he can stabilize the Trojans, the next chapter in Post Falls basketball could look less like turnover and more like the kind of continuity local fans have been waiting for.
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