Roy Williams — Basketball Coach Biography

Roy Allen Williams, born in 1950, was a college basketball head coach for 18 seasons at North Carolina and 15 seasons at Kansas. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Williams began his college coaching career at UNC Chapel Hill as an assistant coach for Dean Smith in 1978. After 10 years as Smith's assistant, Williams became head coach at defending national champion Kansas in 1988, leading them to 14 consecutive NCAA tournaments and winning nine conference titles. In 2003, Roy Williams returned to UNC Chapel Hill as head coach, succeeding Matt Doherty in the role. On January 25, 2020, with a 94–71 win over Miami, Williams reached 880 wins, surpassing Smith's 879 win total. With Williams as an assistant coach under Smith, the North Carolina Tar Heels won the 1982 national championship.