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4 <br /> Under Coach Williams' leadership, UNC earned three men's basketball national championships <br /> in 2005, 2009, and 2017. Coach Williams is recognized as one of the most accomplished <br /> basketball coaches of all time with 903 career wins and recognition in the Naismith Hall of <br /> Fame in 2007. <br /> Coach Williams is widely known as a mentor, role model, and Tar Heel through and through by <br /> colleagues, students, student athletes, and fans alike. His compassion, loyalty, toughness, and <br /> dedication to the UNC community completes his legacy as legendary Coach, and man. <br /> Coach Williams has given his all to UNC men's basketball over the past 18 years and <br /> announced his retirement on April 1, 2021. The attached proclamation recognizes and <br /> expresses sincere gratitude to Coach Roy Williams for his exemplary service, and <br /> congratulates Coach Williams on his retirement. <br /> Chair Price introduced former Commissioner Barry Jacobs, and invited Commissioner <br /> Dorosin to read the proclamation: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> RECOGNIZING COACH ROY WILLIAMS <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams was born and raised in North Carolina, attended and graduated from <br /> UNC in 1972; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams returned to his alma mater, UNC, in 2003 to become UNC men's <br /> basketball head coach; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams has defined UNC men's basketball as head coach for the past 18 <br /> seasons; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams led UNC to national championships in 2005, 2009, and 2017; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams, one of the most accomplished basketball coaches of all time, was <br /> inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2007, and tallied 903 career wins; and <br /> WHEREAS, the floor in the Dean E. Smith Center was renamed Roy Williams Court in August <br /> 2018; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams has mentored and nurtured and served as role model for many <br /> student athletes and has embraced student and community fans; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams has been described as caring, loyal, tough, dedicated, "dadgum" <br /> plain spoken, and a family man; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy and Wanda Williams donated $3 million to UNC in scholarships to help <br /> students afford an education at their alma mater; and <br /> WHEREAS, Roy Williams announced his retirement on April 1, 2021, and walked away with his <br /> wife of 47 years into a Carolina blue sunset; <br />