Roy Williams
Roy Williams
Hall of Fame men's basketball coach who gathered an incredible 80% winning record at North Carolina and Kansas. He led North Carolina to NCAA Championships in 2005 and 2009.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 August 1950
CityMarion, NC
country team win
I told (the players) I thought we were the only team in the country that could come in here and win this game.
knock messed
I told them they messed up. I told them I was going to knock them out.
attention basketball gets great nobody people
The attention that basketball gets here is incredible, and that's what you want. You want interest. You can have a great team, but if nobody cares, it doesn't do any good. I think there's positives, and some people will say there are negatives. But there also are a lot of positives.
goal point west wife
It's been challenging and it's been fun, but I'm from the west and my wife and I have had a long-term goal of getting back there at some point in our careers.
bit deep game install near sure teams understand watch
They watch film, they see what other teams did to us, ... I'm sure they're going to install it in their game plan. But the Raiders, they go deep dang near every play, so they're probably chomping at the bit to play us. We understand that.
basketball best fantastic performance
It was a fantastic performance for us. I think it was our best basketball of the year.
beaten people
They would have beaten y'all's butt, ... but they're not going to beat a lot of other people in our league.
builds great stepping
a big stepping stone... builds our confidence. It was a great win, and something we can build on.
compare good players setting treat wonderful
It's just a wonderful treat for us (as coaches). You see really good players in one setting and compare how they are to other players as well.
follow league rule worrying
It's a rule that the league mandated, and I'm going to have to follow the rules, ... I'm not worrying about being targeted.
kids testament
It's a testament to a lot of kids that are making me look good. I told them to keep it up.
basketball best focused talked
It was our best basketball of the year. We talked about being focused for 40 minutes.
half job playing possession second
It was the most frustrating half I've ever coached. They had to play every possession, and I think we did a much better job playing every possession in the second half.
attention believe cause early focus lose pay polls satisfying
It may be satisfying to such a young team, but I don't believe it will cause them to lose their focus because they know it is so early in the season. For me personally, the polls are fine, but I really don't pay attention to where we are ranked.