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

Former players, friends react to ‘end of an era’ of UNC basketball
“Coach changed my life forever,” said Marvin Williams, who played a significant role in Roy Williams' first of three national championships in his only college...
Sun Apr 4, 2021

Now that Roy Williams is retired, a unique language — ‘Royisms’ — is lost
College basketball will miss Roy Williams...and his Roy-isms. A 33-year head coaching career came to an end on Thursday when Williams announced his retirement in...
Sat Apr 3, 2021

Coaches and players react on Twitter to retirement of Roy Williams
There has been nationwide reaction to the groundbreaking news of North Carolina coach Roy Williams' retirement. Here's a thread from other prominent names, programs, and...
Sat Apr 3, 2021

Longtime Assistant Joe Holladay on Roy Williams: 'He is One of a Kind'
Former UNC assistant coach Joe Holladay was emotional when he spoke. His eyes welled with tears at the first mention of Roy Williams' name and...
Sat Apr 3, 2021

Roy Williams exits coaching with raw emotion, corny humor, painful self-doubt
So there he was late Thursday afternoon, on Roy Williams Court inside the Dean E. Smith Center, closing his extraordinary coaching career with an even...
Sat Apr 3, 2021

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