Roy Williams Named 2023 Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Men's Basketball

Posted Dec 14, 2022
Former North Carolina and Kansas basketball coach and Hall of Famer Roy Williams was named the 2023 Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Men’s Basketball by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, announced Wednesday. "I am lucky that I loved to do what I was able to do. I never went to work a day in my life as long as I was coaching basketball," Williams said. (NaismithTrophy.com)

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