Roy calls it quits.



  • Roy Williams retires… Never thought I’d see the day.



  • Legend.



  • Probably time. What a career.



  • Lol why did he announce on April Fool’s day though??? I’m like triple checking everywhere to make sure



  • Wonder who makes sense to take over that job? Obviously Chris Beard’s ears perked up



  • Get ALL the clicks 😂. They’re 100% gonna screw this up and hire like Wes Miller



  • If they want to keep the tempo kind of system, should 100% be Nate Oats. He would do dirty, filthy, awful things to people here. And already publicly shaded K!



  • Row Retires with 903 wins but twice as many unused timeouts. Maybe he’ll get them paid out in a bonus. Sry I had too.👽



  • But what a heck of a career. I went through a real period where I hated the mans guts for leaving us dirty the way he did. I got over it and happy to see him leave on his own terms. Happy retirement Roy, the game is losing a legend



  • He’s like 70 it was about time for him to retire



  • Met him in Lawrence when I was a little kid. He shook my hand and said “Nice to meet you, young man.” Was never really mad at him for leaving us for UNC. I always appreciated the style of basketball he coached; get out and run, let athletes be athletes and play basketball. Not this bullshit slow the game down and take charges approach that we see with some teams. Hope he has a pleasant retirement.



  • So who are the candidates in the Roy coaching tree or otherwise indigenous to UNC?

    Gotta believe Jared Haase is a candidate. But maybe they want a younger guy to take it over?



  • Hmmm I had heard rumor of this like a week or so ago , some said he not retiring - -but doesn’t surprise me. - - -Well now wonder how his retirement might effect Adoo, might of improved our chances maybe since people thought that was where he was going to land. - - Wonder now how many more players will transfer



  • @bskeet said in Roy calls it quits.:

    So who are the candidates in the Roy coaching tree or otherwise indigenous to UNC?

    Gotta believe Jared Haase is a candidate. But maybe they want a younger guy to take it over?

    Jerry Stackhouse getting a lot of buzz at the moment. Won’t be Haase, he didn’t go to UNC.



  • Hubert Davis.



  • I’d love to see Roy come back to KU for some type of special tribute next season so the KU faithful to honor him as well.



  • I don’t think Jared Haase will leave Stanford unless he is fired. He is a California kid so he may be basically at his dream job already. I honestly would be somewhat upset if we looked at him when Bill left because what has he done at Stanford? He hasn’t made the tourney yet while there.



  • Promoting Steve Robinson would be like Bill Guthridge taking over after Dean Smith.

    Just sayin’ they’ve done it before.



  • Man. This is tough. Roy went through the last couple years and basically said he didn’t have it anymore.

    Said Bob Frederick is the finest man he ever knew.



  • A lot of talk how the Fans want Wes Miller to just promote, guess he is a really well like up and coming Coach under the age of 40. - - ONE thing that no NC fan wants sounds like is for Hubert Davis to become the next head Coach - -a lot of the fans afraid he will get the job - -but they want Miller



  • Self on Roy:

    “Roy Williams has been an icon in our industry for the last 33 years, and his retirement is very well deserved,” Self said. “Roy won at the highest level and projected first-class while doing so. 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. Congratulations to him on a Hall of Fame career and for the lasting impact he has had on our sport.”


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