Former UNC basketball coach receives North Carolina’s highest honor

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Dec 5, 2023; New York, New York, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels former head coach Roy Williams watches from the stands during halftime against the Connecticut Huskies at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

In 2021, the legendary coach who spent his final 18 years of coaching at UNC basketball stepped down and handed the reigns to Hubert Davis.

Roy Williams, one of the most legendary coaches North Carolina has seen, won three NCAA Championships with the Tar Heels in 2005, 2009, and 2017. He was also a nine-time ACC regular season champion, a three-time ACC tournament champion.

He took the Tar Heels to five final fours as well. Before spending 18 years at North Carolina, he was the head coach at Kansas for the previous 15 years prior to his tenure in Chapel Hill.

Overall, he is 903-264 in his career, with a 79-27 record in NCAA tournaments. He is a two-time AP Coach of the Year and a two-time ACC Coach of the Year. His accolades definitely speak for themselves, and now he adds one more.

According to WCNT, Gov. Roy Cooper presented the legendary University of North Carolina men’s basketball head coach Roy Williams with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest honorary society in the state.

Governor Cooper gave high praise to the former Tar Heel coach saying, “Coach Williams exemplifies what it means to be a Tar Heel and a North Carolinian.”

Williams still attends UNC basketball games all over the country and has been seen as far as Hawai’i this season supporting his Tar Heels.

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Publish date : 2024-12-20 16:23:00

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