The Duke-North Carolina rivalry has extended its borders this year as the schools held dueling press conferences to introduce their new coaches. Both teams have maintained an other-worldly level of success for generations and have […]
DURHAM — Mike Krzyzewski plans to coach one more season before turning over control of the Duke basketball program to former Blue Devils point guard and current assistant Jon Scheyer. Still, Wednesday’s announcement that the […]
Roy Williams’ retirement as North Carolina’s basketball coach didn’t come completely as a surprise. He hinted at his intentions a few weeks earlier when, after beating archrival Duke on Senior Night, he knelt reverently onto […]
While the North Carolina sports world — and most of college basketball — was reeling with the news of Roy Williams’ sudden retirement last Thursday, another college program with a long basketball history made a […]
CHAPEL HILL — Shammond Williams, like virtually everyone else when they first saw the news Thursday, thought it was an April Fools’ gag. But when the former North Carolina basketball star realized that coach Roy […]
Roy Williams, the western North Carolinian who mentored under Dean Smith as both a student and assistant coach, and then built a power house program at Kansas before returning to Chapel Hill as the Tar […]
Before he agreed to become the third UNC head coach in the last four decades, Matt Doherty asked athletic director Dick Baddour for three things: He wanted to bring his assistant coaches with him. Doherty […]
Back in 2018, when he was still at East Tennessee State, Steve Forbes was selected by fan vote as one of the 10 sexiest coaches in mid-major college basketball. It’s an honor for which he […]
North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]
North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]
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