![]() ![]() ![]() Our profession and the game itself are better off because of Roy Williams, and on behalf of the NABC, I wish him the best in retirement.”įrom NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt: The NCAA congratulates Coach Roy Williams on his remarkable coaching career, which spanned more than four decades at two of the great programs in the history of college basketball. Williams, who amassed 903 all-time victories, announced his retirement April 1 after 33 seasons of coaching, including 15 while at KU. A coach who had all the answers for decades revealed. ![]() “A past president of the NABC and current president of the NABC Foundation, Roy has long been passionate about using his platform to grow college basketball and serve fellow coaches. North Carolina now faces the challenge of finding Roy Williams’ successor. Upon announcing his retirement as the basketball coach at North Carolina, Williams instead gave us a raw, human, and at times painful goodbye. Tar Heels turn to assistant Hubert Davis as Roy Williams successor Aaron Beard Associated Press View Comments 0:04 0:52 North Carolina didn’t have to look far to find the successor to Hall of. “He left a lasting mark on countless student-athletes and built a coaching tree that will continue to impact our sport for generations to come. He wanted to accomplish two things with the timing of his announcement: to help assure veteran assistant coach Hubert Davis was the person chosen to follow him and to provide his successor with. Williams is coming back to KU along with fellow former coaches Ted Owens and Larry Brown to join current coach and Williams replacement, Bill Self, to. “From his beginnings at the high school level through his rise to a three-time national champion at North Carolina, Roy Williams has been a coach we could all admire,” Craig Robinson, the executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, said in a statement. Waking up Friday morning, the reality that Roy Williams is no longer North Carolina’s head basketball coach he retired on Thursday, after 18. Praise for Williams’ career poured in Thursday. (born December 20, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, and Chicago Bears. ![]()
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