North Carolina now faces the challenge of finding Roy Williams’ successor. The Hall of Fame coach is retiring from the Tar Heels’ storied men’s basketball program, opening the job for the first time in nearly two decades.
That leaves athletics director Bubba Cunningham directing the highest-profile coaching search of his nearly decade-long tenure at UNC, with Williams set to have at least some input. “I believe we’ve got the best job in college basketball,” Cunningham said. “This job doesn’t come open very often.
We need to spend a great deal of time thinking about who is the right person right now.” Williams announced his retirement Thursday, saying he no longer felt like “the right man” for the job over the past two difficult seasons.