Attica hires former Fountain Central star Macee Overman Williams to lead girls program

Attica chose a name that carries instant weight in West Central Indiana to try to change the direction of its girls basketball program. Macee Overman Williams, the former Fountain Central standout who spent the past three seasons as an assistant under Dan Dawson, took over as head coach with the task of lifting a program that has not posted a winning record in seven years.

The hire gives Attica a coach whose playing résumé already resonates across the area. Overman Williams was voted the Journal & Courier Small Schools Player of the Year in 2017 after a senior season at Fountain Central in which she averaged 26.7 points, 16.2 rebounds, 5.7 steals and 3.4 assists. That production made her one of the region’s most recognizable stars before she moved on to the next level.

At IUPUI, now IU Indy, Overman Williams became one of the most accomplished players in school history. IU Indy athletics lists her as the Jaguars’ all-time leader in scoring with 2,355 points and rebounding with 1,291 rebounds. The school also says she won the Horizon League Player of the Year award four times, one of only four Division I women’s basketball players to do that, and became the first Jaguar ever selected in the WNBA draft.

Her pro path added another layer to the hire. Basketball-Reference lists Overman Williams as a 6-foot-2 forward from Fountain Central who was taken by the Phoenix Mercury with the 32nd overall pick in the third round of the 2022 WNBA Draft. Phoenix waived her on April 21, 2022, but the trip from a small-school program in Veedersburg to a Division I record book and the draft gives Attica a coach who has lived the same climb her players are trying to make.

The job also fits her daily life. Overman Williams works at Attica Elementary School, where district listings show her as a teacher in the Attica Consolidated School Corporation. That local presence matters for a program trying to rebuild from the ground up, because she already knows the school, the students and the community.

Attica’s move is more than a headline hire. It is a bet that local credibility, a proven developmental track and a coach who has already beaten the odds herself can help restore the program’s standard and put the Blue Devils back in contention.