Roy Williams (basketball coach)

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Roy Allen Williams (born August 1, 1950) is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15 seasons. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Williams started his college coaching career at UNC Chapel Hill as an assistant coach for Dean Smith in 1978. Four years later, the North Carolina Tar Heels won the national championship. After 10 years as Smith's assistant, Williams became head coach at defending national champion Kansas, in 1988, taking them to 14 consecutive NCAA tournaments, four Final Four appearances, two national championship game appearances, collecting an .805 winning percentage, and winning nine conference titles. In 2003, Williams left Kansas to return to his alma mater UNC Chapel Hill, replacing Matt Doherty as head coach of the Tar Heels. In an 18-year period at Chapel Hill, Williams won three national...

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