Roy Williams comes home, looks ahead
Posted May 12, 2006
Roy Williams still gets excited on the drive home from Chapel Hill to Asheville. When he first sees the mountains from I-40 around Marion, he gets that feeling many natives experience. And his plan for retirement involves settling into several acres in Mills River on land owned by his in-laws. But Tar Heel fans shouldn't panic - those are dreams far down the road for the Asheville native and head basketball coach at North Carolina who, at age 55, believes he has some years left as one of the nation's top coaches.
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
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