Basketball Hall of Fame
 
Roy Williams enshrined as a coach in 2007

Roy Williams

Enshrined 2007


Roy Williams, a native of Asheville, NC, is the third coach in history to lead two schools to an NCAA National Championship game, and has led both Kansas and North Carolina to a total of five Final Fours (1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005), three national title games (1991, 2003, 2005), and won an NCAA Championship with North Carolina in 2005. Williams also played on the freshman team at North Carolina and was an assistant in Chapel Hill before accepting the head coaching job at Kansas in 1988. His teams have made 18 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, winning at least one tournament game in each. Williams is a six-time National Coach of the Year, and in his 18+ years of coaching he has become the fastest coach ever to reach the 500 win mark.


 
 
  • Third coach in history to lead two schools (Kansas and North Carolina) to an NCAA National Championship game
  • Has made a total of five Final Four (1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005) and three national title game (1991, 2003, 2005) appearances
  • A six-time National Coach of the Year
  • The fastest coach ever to reach the 500 win mark
 
 
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