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4 <br /> 1 basketball coaches of all time with 903 career wins and recognition in the Naismith Hall of Fame <br /> 2 in 2007. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Coach Williams is widely known as a mentor, role model, and Tar Heel through and through by <br /> 5 colleagues, students, student athletes, and fans alike. His compassion, loyalty, toughness, and <br /> 6 dedication to the UNC community completes his legacy as legendary Coach, and man. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Coach Williams has given his all to UNC men's basketball over the past 18 years and <br /> 9 announced his retirement on April 1, 2021. The attached proclamation recognizes and <br /> 10 expresses sincere gratitude to Coach Roy Williams for his exemplary service, and congratulates <br /> 11 Coach Williams on his retirement. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Chair Price introduced former Commissioner Barry Jacobs, and invited Commissioner <br /> 14 Dorosin to read the proclamation: <br /> 15 <br /> 16 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 17 <br /> 18 PROCLAMATION <br /> 19 RECOGNIZING COACH ROY WILLIAMS <br /> 20 <br /> 21 WHEREAS, Roy Williams was born and raised in North Carolina, attended and graduated from <br /> 22 UNC in 1972; and <br /> 23 WHEREAS, Roy Williams returned to his alma mater, UNC, in 2003 to become UNC men's <br /> 24 basketball head coach; and <br /> 25 WHEREAS, Roy Williams has defined UNC men's basketball as head coach for the past 18 <br /> 26 seasons; and <br /> 27 WHEREAS, Roy Williams led UNC to national championships in 2005, 2009, and 2017; and <br /> 28 WHEREAS, Roy Williams, one of the most accomplished basketball coaches of all time, was <br /> 29 inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2007, and tallied 903 career wins; and <br /> 30 WHEREAS, the floor in the Dean E. Smith Center was renamed Roy Williams Court in August <br /> 31 2018; and <br /> 32 WHEREAS, Roy Williams has mentored and nurtured and served as role model for many <br /> 33 student athletes and has embraced student and community fans; and <br /> 34 WHEREAS, Roy Williams has been described as caring, loyal, tough, dedicated, "dadgum" <br /> 35 plain spoken, and a family man; and <br /> 36 WHEREAS, Roy and Wanda Williams donated $3 million to UNC in scholarships to help <br /> 37 students afford an education at their alma mater; and <br /> 38 WHEREAS, Roy Williams announced his retirement on April 1, 2021, and walked away with his <br /> 39 wife of 47 years into a Carolina blue sunset; <br /> 40 NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED that the Orange County Board of County <br /> 41 Commissioners, on behalf of the people of Orange County, hereby recognizes and expresses <br />