Roy Williams Basketball News & Bio

Name: Roy Williams Hometown: Marion, NC High School: T. C. Roberson Born: August 1, 1950 (75) Notes: 3x NCAA Championship coach at UNC (2005, 2009, 2017), Basketball Hall of Fame

ACC Network Presents Roy Williams Retirement Tribute Monday, April 5
On April 1, legendary North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams shocked the sports world by announcing his retirement after 33 years as head coach...
Mon Apr 5, 2021

Roy Williams: A Career Defined by Loyalty
In a burgeoning college basketball industry with multi-million dollar coaching contracts, one-and-done players utilizing college programs as pitstop to the NBA and coming changes in...
Mon Apr 5, 2021

Art’s Angle: The ‘Real’ Roy
Needing spending money at UNC, Roy Williams officiated intramural games. In grad school, he made $5 a day chasing balls at soccer practices, then reffing...
Mon Apr 5, 2021

Carolina basketball is a great job, but Ol’ Roy has got better things to do
Roy Williams’ days of selling calendars out of the back of his car are about as far away as those years coaching Owen High School...
Mon Apr 5, 2021

Dick Baddour on the Loyalty and Impact of Roy Williams
Dick Baddour tried to hire Roy Williams twice. First in 2000, after Bill Guthridge retired, and then again in 2003, when North Carolina moved on...
Mon Apr 5, 2021

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