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The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have never met in the NCAA Tournament. Roy Williamss successor may be right next to him. He played for Williams at North Carolina from 2004 to 2007, and the Greensboro native has. North Carolina will now prepare to face Duke in the Final Four on Saturday. Miller is another interesting potential successor, and with good reason. Hubert Davis left ESPN to become an assistant coach nine years ago and many feel he was being groomed for this moment. Jerod Haase While his name isn’t as synonymous with Chapel Hill as the others on this list, Haase is probably the closest to Williams. Roy Williams's successor may be right next to him. Williams and UNC left the Port City with a 78-62 victory over the. So, without further ado, here are the top choices to replace Roy Williams as the next head coach of your North Carolina Tar Heels. The most recent game between the two programs came in 2019 when the Tar Heels traveled to Trask Coliseum. After working together at Kansas from 1988-03, they continued at UNC from 2003-21. Williams went 2-0 versus UNCW in their only two matchups. For the last 19 years, Steve Robinson has been an assistant coach on Roy Williams' staff. In the 1997-98 season, Guthridge took over for Williams as UNC’s head coach and led the Tar Heels to the Final Four.ĭavis is the first coach since Guthridge in all of college basketball to reach the Final Four in his first season. In his 18 seasons at UNC, Williams went 485-163 including national titles in 2005, 2009, and 2017 with the Heels. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened in North Carolina history. It’s very important for Coach (Dean) Smith and Coach (Bill) Guthridge and Coach Williams, I really want them to be proud. And it’s very important that we give everything to the players, but you know, you’re right. “He gave me a chance and an opportunity to be the next head coach, to lead this program, to be a part of this team. “I’m not sitting up here right now without Coach Williams,” Davis continued. Prior to earning the head job, Davis was an assistant coach under Williams for a decade. GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 11: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts during their game against the Syracuse Orange in the second round of the 2020 Mens ACC.

Hubert Davis pointing “Thank You” to Roy Williams per /Cu0i4RsGkeĭavis took over for Williams this past offseason. “I didn’t speak to Coach Williams, but when we were up on the podium, I looked right at him and I told him thank you,” Davis told reporters on Sunday night. Williams said he helped recruit Davis and coached him in the 1991 World University Games.Shortly after North Carolina’s dominant victory over Saint Peter’s on Sunday night, coach Hubert Davis made a point to find Roy Williams in the crowd. Davis enjoyed a 12-year NBA career before joining ESPN as a college basketball analyst in 2008.Ī fixture on College GameDay during that time, he then was hired by Roy Williams to be an assistant coach in 2012.ĭavis did not play for UNC while Williams was an assistant, although his final year on staff was just before Davis' freshman year. Provided by For The Win He’s an all-time great. native and a UNC alum, playing for Dean Smith from 1988-92. Charles Curtis After 33 seasons, three national titles and 903 wins at North Carolina and Kansas, Roy Williams is retiring from coaching. He has a tenacious, burning desire to be the best he can possibly be we witnessed that when he was a player, a broadcaster and an assistant coach - and I have no doubt he will ensure than our student-athletes and program will be the best they can be, as well."ĭavis, 50, is a Burke, Va. He teaches student-athletes on and off the court. "Hubert Davis is the best leader we can possibly have for our men’s basketball program. Nobody likes to 'keep it in the family' quite like North Carolina- evidence being that the school hasnt had a head mens basketball coach who wasnt previously a UNC player or assistant since Frank McGuire left in 1961.Every coach since, starting with Dean Smith, has had ties to the program. Williams accepted and supplemented his salary as. Cunningham also issued a statement in the UNC release: Smith offered Williams a position as part-time assistant coach at UNC in 1978. The Tar Heels do not have an obvious in-house candidate ready to replace Roy Williams when he decides to retire.