North Carolina assistant coach is KU's choice
Now it's Roy Williams' turn to step on stage, and he knows the act preceding him was dynamite.

Heels' Smith sold on ex-aide
Kansas' gain is Dean Smith's loss, yet the North Carolina coach isn't complaining about being forced to seek a replacement for assistant coach Roy Williams at an inopportune time.

KU players like new coach
He's not nearly as well-known as, say, Ohio State basketball coach Gary Williams. But apparently, KU's Williams -- Roy Williams -- suits Jayhawk basketball players and recruits just fine.

Williams no stranger to Kansas program
Roy Williams isn't a bosom buddy of his predecessor. Yet he and his ex-Kansas coach and fellow North Carolina graduate Larry Brown are more than well-acquainted.

Williams speaks...
Excerpts from Roy Williams' Friday, July 8, 1988, press conferences at both the Holidome and Allen Fieldhouse...

J-W editorial: A new KU tradition
Roy Williams is a man in the hot seat, and he knows it.

Williams may lack experience, but so did Louisville's Crum
Reflections on the hiring of the seventh - lucky seventh? - coach in the history of Kansas basketball ...

Williams recalled as 'motivator'
Everybody's been talking about Roy Williams' 10-year tenure as assistant basketball caoch at North Carolina University.

New coach took job knowing of inquiry
New Kansas University basketball coach Roy Williams knew about the NCAA inquiry into the Jayhawks program before he was hired last week.

Williams 'staying' at Kansas
It took awhile -- nearly three days -- but Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams finally was able to tell Ohio State athletic director Jim Jones he wasn't interested in the Buckeyes' post.

J-W editorial: Coaching changes
Show refreshing to have a head basketball coach who really wants to stay in Kansas.

Williams wins coach of year on AP's ballot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Roy Williams of Kansas, whose team was picked near the bottom of the conference but wound up on top of the world, has been voted Associated Press Big Eight coach of the year.

Writers honor KU's Williams
St. Louis (AP) -- Roy Williams of Kansas, whose team has been ranked fifth or higher for 16 straight weeks after being unraknked at the start of the season, was named Coach of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association on Wednesday.

Williams thrives as KU coach
Last summer, Roy Williams was contacted about the Kentucky an Ohio State basketball openings.

Florida inquired, but Williams said no
Last summer, Roy Williams was contacted about the Kentucky an Ohio State basketball openings.

More than ever after ripping Indiana, Williams is heir apparent for Tar Heels
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Right now there's no such thing as a Dean Smith Succession Derby, but if there were, Roy Williams would be sitting in the pole position.

Local, national press swarm Williams
Roy Williams met 50 or so members of the press on Tuesday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse.

Coach with class
Kansas Jayhawk Coach Roy Williams could have worse examples to follow than his former boss, Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina.

Williams to view Duke films soon
Roy Williams has not yet reviewed tapes of Monday night's 72-65 NCAA championship game loss to Duke.

Fans made Williams feel welcome in '88 at his first practice
Four years ago, Roy Williams felt some butterflies heading into his first "Late Night" basketball practice.

Williams might remain when Tar Heels beckon
What surprised me most about the recent ESPN telecast of the Kansas-Depaul basketball game was how many people regard as gospel the ravings of TV throats like Dick Vitale in frenzied efforts to avoid down-time on the microphone.

KU basketball attains respect under Williams
Kansas' basketball teeam used the old, yet effective no-respect battle cry to its advantage during last year's NCAA Tournament.

Williams AP's coach of the year
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Roy Williams of Kansas was named Associated Press college basketball coach of the year today, the first Big Eight coach to win the award.

Lakers interlude one more feather in Williams' cap
Four days after the Fourth of July nearly four years ago, somebody named Roy Williams was introduced as the new head basketball coach at Kansas..

Lakers didn't ask AD's permission to talk to Williams
In college, when attempting to fill a coaching vacancy, athletic directors request permission to talk to coaches from other schools.

Williams claims 100th win at KU
Four college coaches have compiled 100 or more wins in their first four seasons.

'You have spoiled us'
Traditionally, the Kansas basketball banquet belongs to the seniors, and Adonis Jordan, Eric Pauley and Rex Walters heard plenty of applause on Thursday night in Allen Fieldhouse.

Roy's wife 'along for the ride'
When Roy Williams and the Kansas Jayhawks take the floor of the New Orleans Superdome Saturday afternoon, Williams' wife, Wanda, will be in the stands cheering for "Roy's Boys" and probably wearing a red- and blue-accented suit that she's worn during earlier Kansas victories in the NCAA basketball tournament.

KU's Williams says he hasn't been contacted by Timberwolves
Roy Williams didn't pick up a copy of USA Today this morning. Hence Williams, Kansas' basketball coach, didn't see the report in Peter Vescey's column that Williams has surfaces as a possible candidate for the Minnesota Timberwolves' coaching position.

Baldwin, Smith, Guthridge shaped Kansas coach
Point guard deluxe Roy Williams held the school scoring record at Asheville, N.C.'s T.C. Roberson High for 15 years, but that might not rank as the greatest feat in Williams' sporting career.

No. 1: KU tops in both polls
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Kansas, a team that lost its all-star backcourt of Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters, not to mention Eric Pauley and Darrin Hancock.

Ho hum, another 27-win season
Even the unnamed professor -- you remember, the guy who wrote Kansas coach Roy Williams an unflattering letter several weeks ago -- had to be impressed by KU's just-completed basketball season.

KU clubs Huskers
Lincoln, Neb. -- Roy Williams desparately needed a can of hair spray after Kansas' 88-73 Big Eight basketball victory over Nebraska on Sunday at Devaney Center.

Quickly approaching a milestone
Roy Williams suffered from an inner ear infection the day he was hired as Kansas' basketball coach in July of 1988.

KU's Williams shaken by Smith's retirement
Roy Williams held out hope until the last minute. "I hoped late last night he'd call to say he'd changed his mind," Williams, Kansas University's basketball coach, said of mentor Dean Smith, who told Williams last weekend in Chapel Hill, N.C., he'd decided to retire after 36 years as North Carolina's coach.

Jayhawk's boss named Naismith coach of year
Birmingham, Ala. -- Named the Big 12's inaugrural coach of the year earlier this month, Kansas University's Roy Williams garnered a national honor on Sunday.

Smith's retirement flummoxes KU fans
Dean Smith retired. Lawrence erupted. It didn't matter that soon after the longtime North Carolina head basketball coach announced his retirement Thursday, UNC officials named his successor, Bill Guthridge.

Williams' tenure slam dunk for Kansas
Everybody knows about the 69-6 record Kansas University's men's basketball team has compiled during the past two seasons.

A Decade of Roy
Today, Roy Williams is one of the most recognizable names in college basketball.

Williams latest in Kansas-North Carolina pipeline
Now we know once and for all that the yellow brick road connects with tobacco road.

NBA teams keep trying to woo Roy
Say this about NBA general managers: They are persistent. Two more NBA teams tried to steal away Kansas' Roy Williams in recent months. Two teams failed, meaning the NBA is 0-for-12 in its contacts with Williams the past four years.

When KU called, Williams had 'cold feet'
Roy Williams planned on clinking glasses with his wife during dinner on Tuesday night.

KU's Williams no longer unknown
Where were you 10 years ago today, the day Roy Williams was named men's basketball coach at Kansas University?

North Carolina rumor won't die
The Sporting News is the latest publication to insist Bill Guthridge will resign as North Carolina coach and be replaced by Roy Williams. Williams said Monday nothing has changed except his growing anger at the rumor. He said he's talked to Guthridge ...

Williams denies North Carolina rumor
Kansas City, Mo. -- Roy Williams has issued a forceful denial of a rumor circulating that he will become the next men's basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina.

KU defense puts stamp in victory over Sooners
NORMAN, OKLA. - Roy Williams' 300th coaching victory may rank as Kansas' most impressive win of the 1998-99 season.

Williams denies UNC interest
NEW ORLEANS - Kansas Basketball fans will like Roy Williams' latest response about him possibly becoming the next coach at North Carolina.

I'm Staying: Roy turns down North Carolina
It took just two words for Roy Williams to end one of the most anxious, agonizing seven-day periods in Kansas' storied basketball history. With those two words "I'm staying."

Great expectations
Expect to see Kansas at, or near the top of the polls this college basketball preseason.

Fans say thanks to Williams
Suffice it to say Roy Williams was not voted off "Phog Island" on Friday night.

Coaches tap KU as Big 12 favorite
Kansas is the team to beat in the Big 12 Conference.

A grand opening
New York - Wall Street might want to start selling options in a hot new stock.

500th win in Allen Fieldhouse
Watching film with basketball coach Roy Williams is not Kirk Hinrich's idea of a good time.

KU refuses to fold
Chicago - Things looked as bleak as a slush-stained Chicago sidestreet for Kansas at halftime on Tuesday night.

Kansas distracted
Columbus, Ohio - Kansas University's holiday travelers will be making a mad dash for the exits after today's nonconference men's basketball game at Ohio State.

Jayhawks OK at Oklahoma - KANSAS 69, OKLAHOMA 61
Norman, Okla. - Oklahoma brought out its big guns for Saturday afternoon's game against No. 5-ranked Kansas.

Black Monday for KU - Baylor 85, Kansas 77
Waco, Texas - The Big Monday blahs hit Kansas again in a big way Monday night at Ferrell Center.

Kansas keeps streak alive - Kansas 77, Kansas State 65
Manhattan - Drew Gooden rolled his left ankle in the closing moments of Kansas University's 77-65 men's basketball victory over Kansas State on Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum.

KU mauls Mizzou
Losing on Senior Day is never an option at Kansas.

Team in turmoil? Not KU, Chenowith says
Eric Chenowith says Kansas is not a team in turmoil heading into the NCAA Tournament.

Williams not afraid to show emotions
Dayton, Ohio - Yes, real men do cry. Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams has proven that the past several years after losses in the NCAA Tournament.

KU muscles past CSN - Kansas 99, Cal State Northridge 75
Dayton, Ohio - No way No. 4-seeded Kansas was going to overlook No. 13-seed Cal State Northridge in a first-round NCAA Midwest Regional basketball game on Friday night.

Illini dismantle Kansas
San Antonio - Big, strong, athletic and deep Illinois sure didn't look like the weakest of the NCAA Tournament's four No. 1 seeds on Friday night.

Trouble in paradise
Lahaina, Hawaii - A downtrodden, nearly inconsolable Aaron Miles gazed out the window of a make-shift locker room on the second floor of Lahaina Civic Center.

KU turns back 'Cats - Kansas 105, Arizona 97
Tucson, Ariz. - Kirk Hinrich has played in 72 basketball games in two-plus seasons at Kansas.

KU wins 'war' with OU - Kansas 74, Oklahoma 67
Getting down and dirty against Oklahoma is not Drew Gooden's idea of a good time.

KU wins 'Catfight - Kansas 98, Kansas State 71
Manhattan - For a minute, Jeff Boschee played dodgeball, not basketball, on Monday night at Kansas State's Bramlage Coliseum.

Kansas ruins Knight's day
Days like Saturday probably make Bob Knight wonder why he ever returned to coaching.

Sixteen-and-oh!
Columbia, Mo. - Nobody's perfect, you say? Try telling that to Kansas University's basketball players, who capped a one-for-the ages 16-0 run through the Big 12 Conference on Sunday by tripping rival Missouri, 95-92, at jam-packed Hearnes Center.

KU falls short - Maryland 97, Kansas 88
Atlanta - Yes, Kansas University did go down - "But at least we went out swinging," KU junior forward Drew Gooden said after the Jayhawks' crazy 97-88 loss to Maryland in a Final Four semifinal at the Georgia Dome.

KU caught on its Heels - North Carolina 67, Kansas 56
New York - Teacher Roy Williams didn't rap pupil Matt Doherty on the knuckles with a ruler on Wednesday night.

'Today was just perfect' - Kansas 87, UCLA 70
It proved fitting that Jacque Vaughn had his No. 11 jersey retired on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.

Williams joins 400 club - Kansas 98, Wyoming 70
Rest assured, Roy Williams never will forget his 400th victory as Kansas University's men's basketball coach.

Kansas only half bad - Arizona 91, KU 74
To lead a college basketball game by 20 points and lose by 17 was more than maddening to Kansas University senior Nick Collison.

Seniors fare well in senior farewell - Kansas 79, Oklahoma State 61
Senior Day was everything Kansas University's Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich dreamed it would be.

Champs beyond dispute - Kansas 79, Missouri 74
Columbia, Mo. - Aaron Miles would like to say his perfect shooting form, mental toughness and gamesmanship enabled him to sink the 23-foot three-pointer that forged a tie Sunday afternoon against Missouri at Hearnes Center.

Collison bedevils Duke - Jayhawks 69, Blue Devils 65
Anaheim, Calif. - Kirk Hinrich sat alone on Kansas University's bench, his head in his hands as his teammates practiced before Saturday's NCAA West Regional Final at Arrowhead Pond.

Next stop: New Orleans
Anaheim, Calif. - Kirk Hinrich sat alone on Kansas University's bench, his head in his hands as his teammates practiced before Saturday's NCAA West Regional Final at Arrowhead Pond.

So close
New Orleans - One of the easiest shots in basketball proved the most difficult for Kansas University to make Monday night at the Superdome.

Woodling: Foul-line yips -- not UNC talk -- doom KU
New Orleans - Who said life was fair? Nobody that I know of.