Shocking news in college basketball today.: Legendary North Carolina head coach Roy Williams announced his retirement this morning. Williams will go down as one of the best head coaches in college basketball history — something Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo acknowledged when talking about Roy Williams.
Izzo said about Williams: “I’ve had the privilege to coach against him many, many times, and I’ve always had great respect and admiration for not only what a great coach he is, but for how he has run his program and the class he has brought to college athletics’.” He also added how it would be “different to look at the North Carolina sideline and not see Roy there.”
Williams spent a total of 33 seasons as a college basketball head coach, 15 at Kansas and 18 at North Carolina. He finished with a 903-264 record with three NCAA national championships and nine Final Fours. He has the third-most wins NCAA Division I history only behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim.
You can read Izzo’s full statement on Roy Williams below:
Coach Izzo on legendary @UNC_Basketball coach Roy Williams 🏀 pic.twitter.com/XolP4FuX31
— Michigan State Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) April 1, 2021
