North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams retires at 70 after three national titles and 903 career victories over 33 years with the Tar Heels and Kansas Jayhawks
- The University of North Carolina has announced the retirement of men’s basketball coach Roy Williams, who steps down at 70 after three NCAA titles
- The decision was announced two weeks after Williams ended his 18th season as Tar Heels head coach with a first-round loss to Wisconsin in the NCAA tourney
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has announced the retirement of men’s basketball coach Roy Williams, who steps down at 70 after guiding the program to three NCAA titles.
The decision was announced Thursday, two weeks after Williams ended his 18th season as Tar Heels head coach with a loss to Wisconsin in the first round of the ongoing NCAA Tournament.
Williams, who worked as a North Carolina assistant under the legendary Dean Smith, has won 903 games over his 33 years as a head coach for the Tar Heels and the Kansas Jayhawks. Under Williams, UNC won national titles in 2005, 2009, and 2017.
The University of North Carolina has announced the retirement on en’s basketball coach Roy Williams, who steps down at 70 after guiding the program to three of its six NCAA titles
The North Carolina native has coached many NBA superstars both as an assistant and a head coach. While working under Smith in Chapel Hill, Williams worked with future NBA stars such as Michael Jordan, James Worthy, and Sam Perkins.
Later, with Kansas, Williams coached other future pros such as Paul Pierce, Raef LaFrentz, Scot Pollard, Greg Ostertag, Rex Walters, Kirk Hinrich, Drew Gooden, Nick Collison and Jacque Vaughn.
Williams was hired to replace the struggling Matt Doherty at UNC in 2003, winning his first ever NCAA title in just his second season on a team featuring Raymond Felton, Sean May and Rashad McCants.
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