Kansas fans are forever indebted to him for how he continued the tradition. Kansas basketball could have gone one of two directions and it went up because of Roy Williams. His first year was a probation year and in year three he plays for a national championship. Who else has led two blueblood programs to perennial success? I am grateful for the amazing impact he has had on my life, the Kansas program and the game of basketball.”įormer KU guard Greg Gurley, a member of the 1993 Final Four team, said in a statement: “In 1989 we could have gone a couple different directions and the direction we went (to replace Larry Brown) wasn’t the popular choice, it was an assistant coach that had no real Kansas ties. Congrats on your Retirement Coach! Proud to call you My Coach!”įormer KU forward Wayne Simien, a member of the Williams-led 20 Final Four teams, said in a statement: “Coach Williams is a college basketball icon. Rex Walters, a starter on Williams’ 1993 Final Four team, wrote on Twitter: “There are really good men and then there are great men that impact the rest of your life in a way that changes your life forever. I’m happy for him, his family, the Carolina family, the Kansas family and for his about to be a scratch handicap (golfer).” Coach was the game changer in my basketball lifetime. I will always be Roy Williams’ biggest fan. He had an incredible run as Coach (Dean) Smith’s assistant (at UNC for 10 years) as well as when he got hold of the reins himself. Mark Randall, a power forward who led Williams’ third KU team to the 1991 Final Four, told The Star on Thursday: “I’m super proud to have been a very small part of his massive legacy. Congratulations to him on a Hall of Fame career and for the lasting impact he has had on our sport.” To have the opportunity to follow him here at the University of Kansas and see firsthand the type of program he ran was an honor of a lifetime. Roy won at the highest level and projected first-class while doing so. Current KU coach Bill Self, who replaced Williams and is in his 18th year at KU, said in a statement: “Roy Williams has been an icon in our industry for the last 33 years and his retirement is very well deserved.
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