SAN FRANCISCO — University of San Francisco Athletic Director Larry Williams, a former NFL offensive lineman who spent his life devoted to a deep faith combined with his love of education and athletics, has died. He was 62.

Williams died while going through a morning workout on campus Thursday, University President Salvador D. Aceves announced in a letter posted on the athletic department website.

Serving as athletic director at the university since Aug. 31, 2022, Williams was thrilled to be in a job covering all of his passions.

“USF represents to me the almost perfect combination of things I cherish,” he said when hired. “No. 1, it’s the Catholic identity. No. 2, it’s the deep educational mission. And No. 3, it’s athletic participation in an environment that very specifically includes

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