Roy Williams makes changes to give UNC a jump
Posted Jan 17, 2009
With more than 20 seasons of experience as the head coach of a college program, Roy Williams has a pretty good idea by now what he wants his players to do on the court. But after watching his team stumble early in conference play, Williams knew he had to make some changes to give his team a spark.“First time in 21 years anyone other than the point guard has taken the ball out for me,” Williams said. And that’s just the one of several new experiments with which Williams has been tinkering.
(WRAL Sports Fan)
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