April 2, 2007
ATLANTA, GA. -
University of North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Williams joins the Class of 2007 which also includes Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson, the 1966 NCAA champions from Texas Western University (now UTEP), coach Van Chancellor of Ole Miss and the WNBA Houston Comets, referee Mendy Rudolph and international coaches Fedro Ferrandiz of Spain and Mirko Novosel of the former Yugoslavia.
The announcement was made Monday in Atlanta, Ga. at the 2007 NCAA Men's Final Four. The formal induction ceremony will be held on Friday, September 7, 2007 at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
Williams is the eighth Tar Heel coach or player to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Previous inductees include coaches Ben Carnevale, Frank McGuire, Dean Smith and Larry Brown. In addition, player/coach Billy Cunningham and players James Worthy and Robert McAdoo are already members of the Hall.
Coach Williams will meet the media at 5 p.m. today at the Smith Center. More quotes and commentary from Adam Lucas to follow.
