Podcast: The unintentional 'retirement tour' Roy Williams deserved

Posted Apr 6, 2022
Roy Williams, following the lead of his mentor Dean Smith, was not interested in the fanfare or public adulation that would come with some sort of retirement tour. The program always came before the individual in the gospel of Smith. But Williams was open to being a fan and was able to experience his own version of a retirement tour.

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