100 days and counting: A look at C.B. McGrath’s start at UNCW

Posted Jul 11, 2017
For years, Roy Williams told new UNCW coach C.B.McGrath something he failed to recognize at the time – ‘When you get your first head job, coaching basketball will be about five percent of it.’ Back then, McGrath scoffed at the notion. A hundred days into his first head coaching job, he’s seeing things from a new angle. “That’s the really good five percent,” said McGrath. (Wilmington Star News)

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