Why Roy Williams is one of the best college coaches ever

Posted Jun 19, 2017
College players aren’t evaluated like the pros, given the wider range of competitive levels among leagues and shorter career spans overall. Instead, in a game where the enduring personalities stalk the sidelines, it’s coaches that rate the comparisons. And it’s there, on the heels of his third NCAA title, that Roy Williams emerged this spring as one of the best ever in his profession. (Charlotte Observer)

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