Roy Williams retiring from College Basketball

This is not an April Fools’ prank.

The University of North Carolina announced around 9 AM (Jayhawk time) on April 1 that Roy Williams was retiring from coaching college basketball. There was a press conference later in the afternoon during which Roy referred back to his time at Kansas upwards of a dozen times; if you are interested in watching the replay, this tweet provides several options.

A North Carolina native, Roy attended UNC and got his start in coaching at the high school level. After serving under Dean Smith as an assistant from 1978-88, he was hired at Kansas after Larry Brown left for the NBA.

Shortly after his hire at KU, the Jayhawks were placed on probation for violations that took place under the previous staff, making them ineligible for the NCAA Tournament following the 1988-89 season despite a 19-12 record and six weeks in the top-25 mid-season.

In his second year, the Jayhawks set a team record for points scored when they defeated Kentucky 150-95 in Allen Fieldhouse. Williams would go on to lead KU to 14-straight NCAA Tournaments, which began a still-active NCAA record streak of 31-straight seasons. Roy would eventually take the Jayhawks to four Final Fours: 1991, 1993, 2002, and 2003.

The one knock on Roy from a KU perspective may be what he didn’t accomplish in Lawrence, namely, he left town without any national championships, plus, some early tournament exits. KU entered the NCAA Tournament as a 1-seed five times under Roy (1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002), only making the Final Four once as a top seed. The 1997 Jayhawks, in the conversation as one of the greatest college basketball teams ever, fell in the Sweet 16 to 4-seed Arizona.

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