Students are encouraged by the hiring of Hubert Davis as men's basketball coach, believing his modern vision and connection to UNC's history can help the program return to prominence.
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"It will now be up to Coach Davis to carry the legacy of being UNC’s first Black head coach, following the path paved before him by Dean Smith and Walter Davis."
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Fans weren’t the greatest casualty of the NCAA cancelling the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in 2020. They weren't the ones who had put in so much hard work over the year only to be left wondering what the point of it all was. But now, March Madness is back. The tournament looks different, but UNC students are still excited to return to some of their favorite traditions.
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“Coach Williams is the greatest. I’m Hubert,” Hubert Davis said at his introductory press conference. “As I said before, the only thing I need to do, is to do this job with my personality and in my shoes.”
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A former player under Dean Smith and 12-year NBA veteran before spending nine years on Williams' coaching staff, Davis was announced on Monday as the next head coach of the North Carolina men's basketball team, and first Black head coach in program history, following Williams' retirement on April 1.
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“I am grateful to say that with prayer, discussion with Coach Williams, Coach Davis and other coaches and my family, I will test the NBA Draft process,” Bacot wrote in a statement on Twitter.
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Hubert Davis will be the new head coach of the North Carolina men's basketball team, the Raleigh News & Observer reported on Monday. Davis, an assistant coach on Roy Williams' bench for the past nine years and a player at UNC under Dean Smith from 1988-1992, will ascend to the position after Williams announced his retirement on April 1. He will be the first Black head coach in program history.
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Dean Smith inherited a program in turmoil and built it into a powerhouse. A half-century later, Roy Williams took that dying power that went 8-20 in 2002 and cut down the nets in just three years’ time.
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"I’ve been so, so lucky,” head coach Roy Williams said. “For the rest of my life, I’ll always say that I was a coach. And that’s the proudest moment of my life.”
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After 33 seasons, 903 wins and three national championships, the head coach and forever Tar Heel announced his retirement on Thursday, closing the book on a legendary career.
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NCAA basketball coaches around the country sent their regards to Williams after he announced his retirement Thursday.
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After UNC men's basketball head coach Roy Williams announced his retirement on Thursday, senior writer Brian Keyes reached out to several previous sports editors of The Daily Tar Heel to ask them about their thoughts on the moment and their memories of the Hall of Fame coach. Here's what they had to say.
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UNC students reacted to coach Williams' impact on campus culture and their time at UNC. "It’s been both humbling and inspiring to watch a leader like coach Williams accomplish the feats he has accomplished. Roy Williams will forever be a Tar Heel," first-year Vance Young said.
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There’s been an outpouring of congratulations, anecdotes and thank-you's from former UNC players. The consensus? Roy Williams made an impact far beyond the basketball court.
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With the retirement of legendary UNC head coach Roy Williams, North Carolina is faced with the reality of establishing a new recruiting strategy.
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