Keep pulling the thread on Roy Williams.
After losing the 2016 national championship game to Villanova, Roy Williams felt so inadequate that he asked Michael Jordan to enter the locker room and speak to the UNC team.
Roy Williams' 48-year coaching career included five years as a high school coach, 10 years as an assistant to Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, 15 years as head coach at the University of Kansas, and 18 years as head coach at UNC.
Roy Williams believes it is more difficult to maintain a program at a high level of success than it is to build a program up from a lower level.
Roy Williams' recruiting strategy at Kansas and UNC was to target talented players who had a legitimate chance and a strong desire to play in the NBA.
Roy Williams used the motto "be led by your dreams, not pushed by your problems" to motivate his 2005 University of North Carolina team to a national championship.
In 1982, the UNC coaching staff placed a picture of the New Orleans Superdome, the site of the Final Four, in every player's locker to establish the team's ultimate goal from the first day of practice.
Tyler Hansborough, who was guaranteed to be a top 15 NBA draft pick, chose to return to the University of North Carolina for another season because his primary goal was to win a national championship.
The 2009 University of North Carolina basketball team was the only team ever to be a unanimous preseason choice by the Associated Press to win the national championship.
In 1980, Roy Williams accepted a part-time assistant coaching position at the University of North Carolina under Dean Smith for a salary of $2,700 for the year.
Roy Williams states that Michael Jordan grew from 6'4.5" to 6'6" and improved his 40-yard dash time from approximately 4.5 seconds to 4.38 seconds between his freshman and sophomore years at UNC.
During his Hall of Fame induction speech, Roy Williams publicly apologized to his 1996-97 University of Kansas team because he felt he had failed to lead them to a national championship.
Roy Williams' decision to leave the University of Kansas for the University of North Carolina was influenced by a difficult relationship with the new athletic director at Kansas and a desire to be closer to his family.