Roy Williams Remembers Dean Smith

Millions of people are filling out March Madness brackets for the NCAA Tournament, but don’t count Roy Williams among them. “[1977] was the last bracket I ever filled out,” Williams said during his weekly radio. “I think it’s stupid, so I just don’t do it.” It’s not a surprise that Williams hasn’t filled out a […]

Roy Williams is still pretty dadgum good doing it his way. We all know about the Hall of Famer’s more-than-modest background, from almost poverty to all-star status as an undersized athlete. “A country bumpkin from the mountains of North Carolina and probably still am,” Williams calls himself. He was a high school coach, hired by […]

UNC basketball coach Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda, have donated $3 million towards UNC scholarships — their largest one-time gift to the university — amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The whole world is in a tough situation right now — financially, health wise, everything you can think about. And we are in a position to be able […]

This week’s Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are Roy and Wanda Williams. After spring sports were canceled midway through the season due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Williamses anonymously donated over $600,000 to fund the scholarships for senior student-athletes who wished to return for one more season. “Student-athletes have begun to come back to […]

UNC’s Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda, donated more than $600,000 in May to fund scholarships of spring sports seniors whose seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic but will be returning to Chapel Hill to compete in 2020-21. “Student-athletes have begun to come back to campus for voluntary and now team workouts, so […]

The long-anticipated documentary “The Last Dance,” about Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls premiered on ESPN on Sunday, giving fans unprecedented access to the end of Bulls’ dynasty. With sports suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, this documentary gave fans two hours of exciting basketball featuring the greatest player in the history of the […]

UNC basketball travels to Virginia Tech hoping to snap a four-game losing streak and finally push Roy Williams over Dean Smith in the all-time wins column. The Tar Heels beat Yale on December 30 to put Williams in a tie with his mentor Smith, but since then have gone winless in 2020. Since the start […]

On average, Roy Williams is the best college coach ever. Without getting into the weeds of numbers and fractions, Williams has won more games per season than any other coach, including all-time leader Mike Krzyzewski (1142) and Roy’s mentor Dean Smith, whom he tied with 879 career victories by beating Yale. It had to be […]

UNC freshman point guard Cole Anthony will miss four to six weeks after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure to treat a partially torn meniscus in his right knee on Monday, the university announced on Tuesday. Anthony missed the Tar Heels’ game against Wofford in Carmichael Arena — a 64-68 loss to the Terriers — and junior […]

We should rejoice that this happens just every so often. Roy Williams loves to say how lucky he is to be a college basketball coach — and you know he’s sincere. From a childhood when he was lucky to have a floor in every room of his house; to be the first in his family […]