North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach Roy Williams retires.

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North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach Roy Williams retires

The last time Roy Williams left North Carolina, he was a virtually unknown assistant who was getting his first shot as a college head coach at tradition-rich Kansas. Now Williams is retiring, leaving the Tar Heels again with a résumé chock-full of honors -- as a Hall of Famer with more than 900 wins, three national championships and a legacy built on 33 seasons of success at two of college basketball's most storied programs. Williams has spent 18 seasons at UNC, going 485-163 while leading the Tar Heels to national titles in 2005, 2009 and 2017. He also coached Kansas for 15 seasons, taking it to four Final Four appearances before leaving for his alma mater. The Tar Heels lost to Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA tournament in his final game, his only first-round loss in 30 tournaments. Williams ranks fourth all time among Division I coaches in wins with a 903-264 record (.774 winning percentage), and he was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. He is the only coach in NCAA history to post 400 wins at two different schools. After coaching for five years at Charles D. Owen High School in Swannanoa, North Carolina, Williams began his college career at North Carolina as an assistant under late mentor Dean Smith -- he still respectfully refers to him as "Coach Smith" after all these years. Williams won nine ACC regular-season championships and three conference tournament titles with the Tar Heels. He won seven league tournament titles with the Jayhawks.

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Roy Williams' retirement from North Carolina: Jay Bilas on why Roy is irreplaceable

Roy Williams has had two Hall of Fame-worthy careers, one at Kansas and one at North Carolina. His résumé is Mount Rushmore of college basketball-worthy, and among the greatest of all time in any sport. How do you put such a career in proper perspective? Titles, Final Fours, high-level consistency and longevity without significant down periods. Perhaps we just can't put it into perspective because we can't list all of the accomplishments and achievements. Roy Williams, though, leaves you with a feeling. He is what greatness looks like, achieved while also being thoughtful and kind. He is competitive to a fault but fair-minded and giving to others off the court. And he treats his players and staff with respect. He is demanding without being demeaning.

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Who's next for Tar Heels after Roy Williams' retirement?

Roy Williams shocked the college basketball world by announcing his retirement as coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels on Thursday, seemingly bringing to an end a Hall of Fame career that saw Williams rank as among the most consistent winners within two storied programs. Williams, who won his 900th game during the 2020-21 season, concludes his career with a record of 903-264 (.774), with 485 of those wins coming since he took over at UNC in 2003 and 418 during an ultra-successful tenure at Kansas (1988-2003). Williams has a trio of national titles on his résumé (2005, 2009, 2017) to go along with nine Final Four appearances -- and will be a tough act to follow in Chapel Hill.

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Larry Brown hopes Roy Williams allowed to choose next North Carolina coach

Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown expressed his desire for one person to decide North Carolina's next men's basketball coach: Roy Williams, who retired from the position Thursday. Hiring someone with North Carolina ties is also a known factor. That worked with longtime assistant Bill Guthridge taking over after Smith's 1997 retirement and with Williams' return in 2003, but it didn't work during the tumultuous tenure of Matt Doherty after Williams turned down the job following Guthridge's retirement in 2000; Brown, who was the Philadelphia 76ers' coach at the time, had also expressed an interest in coaching North Carolina. There are experienced coaches with strong program connections, such as UNC Greensboro's Wes Miller, who played on Williams' 2005 NCAA championship team; Stanford's Jerod Haase, who coached under Williams at North Carolina; and Hubert Davis, who played for Smith and has spent the past nine seasons on Williams' staff.

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North Carolina Tar Heels hire Hubert Davis as new basketball coach, replacing retired Roy Williams

North Carolina has promoted longtime assistant Hubert Davis to replace Roy Williams as the Tar Heels' new head basketball coach, the school announced Monday. Davis has been an assistant coach under Williams for the past nine seasons in Chapel Hill and was one of the favorites as soon as the job opened. He becomes the first Black head coach in UNC men's basketball history. A Virginia native, Davis played for Smith at North Carolina from 1988 to 1992 before being a first-round NBA draft pick by the New York Knicks. He spent 12 seasons in the NBA with six organizations. Davis also spent time as a college basketball analyst for ESPN.

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