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Roy Williams, a 1972 UNC graduate, spent ten seasons in Chapel Hill as an assistant to Dean Smith and coached Kansas from 1988 to 2003 before returning as UNC's head men's basketball coach in 2003. His Tar Heel teams won NCAA championships in 2005, 2009 and 2017, and he retired on April 1, 2021.
Source: WUNC: UNC Men's Basketball Coach Roy Williams Retires After 33 Seasons
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… Forever a Tar Heel -- Williams rejoins the Carolina family -- The time Roy Williams chose not to come home -- Roy beat Dean in a love affair that ended on a sour note -- Tar Heels beat Duke for their first ACC title under Williams -- Under Williams, UNC-Duke rivalry became about something other than hate -- The only…
What It Means to Be a Tar Heel: Roy Williams and North Carolina's Greatest Players explores the program's vast success and asks the simple question: What does it mean to be a Tar Heel? One person or one phrase cannot an…
The ten "what-if's" or Carolina basketball -- Foreword / by Dean Smith -- Introduction : unlikely dynasty / by Rick Brewer -- Prologue : one for the ages -- Beginnings -- Born to coach -- The Irishman -- "Deans" of the …
… Covering everything from the Old Well and the Confederate monument to the COVID-19 pandemic and Roy Williams's retirement, this book is a handy portable introduction to the nation's first public university, the University…
… Whether you're a die-hard booster from the days of Dean Smith or a new supporter of Roy Williams, these are the 100 things all fans need to know and do in their lifetime.
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Williams spent ten seasons on Dean Smith's UNC men's basketball staff before leaving to become head coach at Kansas.
Williams left Kansas a week after losing the NCAA championship game and was introduced in Chapel Hill as UNC's head coach, succeeding Matt Doherty.
UNC defeated Illinois, 75–70, to win the national title.
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UNC defeated Michigan State, 89–72, to win the national title.
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UNC defeated Gonzaga, 71–65, to win the national title.
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UNC announced on August 2, 2018 that it would name the Dean E. Smith Center playing floor for Williams, and the floor was dedicated on August 24.
Williams, 70, announced his retirement at a Smith Center news conference after 33 seasons as a college head coach, with 903 wins and three NCAA titles at UNC.
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