Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2002, Williams ya zama manajan Houston Astros. Yayin da yake aiki a matsayin kocin National League a 2004 All-Star Game a Houston <unk> a lokacin da Astros ke gwagwarmaya a alamar.500 <unk> taron jama'a a Houston's Minute Maid Park sun amsa ga gabatarwar Williams tare da halayen halayen halayen, sabanin yadda aka ba da 'yan wasa na gida wanda aka gabatar a wasan All-Star. Washegari, Astros sun kori Williams da manyan masu horarwa guda biyu, da alama sun jira har sai bayan bukukuwan don kauce wa abin kunya na jama'a. An maye gurbin Williams da Phil Garner, wanda ya jagoranci Astros zuwa gasar zakarun Turai ta 2004
amma ya gaza wasa daya ya kai Houston gasar cin kofin duniya ta farko. (A shekara mai zuwa, Garner ya jagoranci Astros zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya.) Williams ya gama da rikodin nasara 215 da rashin nasara 197.