Unc coach roy williams record against duke
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Duke’s Final Record Against UNC In The Coach K Era
For over 40 years Duke head coach Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski battled UNC for ACC and college basketball supremacy. Now his career with the Blue Devils is over, his final record against the Tar Heels is official.
Per InsideCarolina, UNC’s final record against Duke during the Coach K era is an even He lost his only game against UNC in the NCAA Tournament, went against them in the ACC Tournament, and was in the regular season.
Over the course of his storied career, he did battle with five different UNC head coaches: Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, Matt Doherty, Roy Williams and Hubert Davis. He won as many national titles as all five of the first four combined. It remains to be seen if Davis can win a national title of his own.
Interestingly enough, losing to North Carolina was effectively Coach K going full circle in his basketball career. Smith’s UNC Tar Heels handed him his first loss at Duke in , while Davis’ UNC team gave him b
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Roy Williams' top 8 North Carolina-Duke matchups
For the North Carolina men's basketball team, the day had finally come: Jan. 18, It was the date everyone had circled on their calendars because it was the grand opening of the Dean Smith Center -- a 21,seat arena solely for the UNC men's basketball squad. The Tar Heels were set to upgrade quite a bit from the 6,seat Carmichael Arena.
The first opponent in the new basketball mecca: Duke.
Roy Williams was in the midst of his eighth year as an assistant under then-UNC head coach Dean Smith. On the other bench, Mike Krzyzewski was in his sixth year of being the head coach at Duke. Little did either know how much history they'd go on to have against each other in the then-brand new building.
That night was also one in which Coach K made a lasting first impression on Williams.
Here are the eight most memorable Duke-North Carolina games from Williams' perspective.
Jan. 18, The first game at Dean Smith C
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Roy Williams (basketball coach)
American basketball player and coach (born )
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| Born | () August 1, (age&#;74) Marion, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Alma&#;mater | North Carolina ('72) |
| – | North Carolina (J.V.) |
| – | Charles D. Owen HS |
| – | North Carolina (assistant) |
| – | Kansas |
| – | North Carolina |
| Overall | – () |
| Tournaments | 79–27 (NCAA Division I) 4–1 (NIT) |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in (profile) | |
| College Basketball ingång of Fame Inducted in | |
Roy Allen Williams[1] (born August 1, ) is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayh