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Tournament andhavingsuccessful going deep in theNCAA Pistons. “Ifyouareconsistently an assistantcoachwiththeDetroit time leadingscorerPhilFord,now consistency,” saysCarolina’s all- coaches fromthegreat is wonderful coach.” defenses. Hedoesitall.He’s justa They’re aggressive.Hechanges play afunwayoffensively. way.They team-oriented. They’re cessful. Hisplayersplaytheright you knowwhyhisteamsaresuc- coached. Ifyougotohispractices, teams, youknowthey’vebeen and agreatcoach.Ifyouwatchhis is whatheÐawonderfulperson nothing deceptiveabouthim.He Lakers guardJerry West. “There’s executive andHallofFame person,” sayslegendaryNBA (.797). W (.822),John tory behindonlyClairBee(.826), more yearsandisfifth-bestinhis- among activecoacheswith10or .796. HiswinpercentageisNo.1 record —awinningpercentageof of thelast15seasons. Tournament gameineach NCAA the nationtowinatleastone Tournament streaks. longer NCAA Olson (20)haveputtogether Smith (23yearsinarow)andLute Tournament history. Only NCAA Bcountry andthethird-longestin aond-longest activestreakinthe s Tournamentk appearances,thesec- eCarolina to15consecutiveNCAA tFour. HehasledKansasand bback appearancesintheFinal aafter leadingKansastoback-to- ll Sthe country.” tahim tobethebestcollegecoachin felse whodoes.Icertainlyconsider f Smith adds.“Idon’t knowanyone – theyhavethewholepackage,” honest inrecruiting. is highlyorganized, andalsois makes gooddecisionsinthegame, leader andcanteachitinpractice, can judgetalent,isacompetent somebody whoknowsbasketball, college headcoach. You want package ofwhatyouwantasa ooden (.805)andJohnKresse “What separatesthegood “Roy isasgooditgetsina He hascompileda437-112 W Williams joinedthe Tar Heels “He’s like ingolf illiams istheonlycoachin hearts outforhim.” as well. was obviouslythecaseatKansas ly respectedandlikedhim. That tant here,Iknowtheplayersreal- oriented. When hewasan assis- coach inthecountry. He’s people- Williams, whoIthinkisthebest Williams. “NowwehaveRoy was anassistantatUNCwith head coachBillGuthridge,who country,” saysformer Tar Heel who wasthebestcoachin (17). behind onlySmith(27)andOlson history third-longest inNCAA at Kansas,astreakthatequalsthe games ineachofhislast14years Allen. only Smith’s collegecoach,Phog Jayhawk coachinhistorybehind He isthesecond-winningest and 16seasonsasaheadcoach. eight, nine,10,11, 12,13,14,15 more gamesthananycoachafter Tarkanian). Infact,hehaswon history (Rupp,BeeandJerry faster thanallbutthreecoachesin reach 300winsandspedto400 the third-fastestcoachinhistoryto defeated Wyoming, 98-70.Hewas on Jan.15,2003,whenKansas tently goodforalongtime.” His trackrecordisbeingconsis- separates thegoodfromgreat. ent talentandabilities,that’s what seasons yearafterwithdiffer- shared six Atlantic Coast ished secondin 1981 andwonor titlein1982,fin- won theNCAA 10seasons. Carolina Williams’ Tournament ineachof NCAA Williams.” are ingoodhandswithCoach friend. Iknowthatthe Tar Heels to beagreatcoach,butgood Jordan. “IconsiderRoynotonly North Carolina,”saysMichael Coach Williams whenI wasat Reid andScott Williams. Wolf, SteveHale,,J.R. Daugherty, KennySmith,Joe Doherty, MichaelJordan,Brad , SamPerkins,Matt outs asMikeO’Koren, , helped coachsuch Tar Heelstand- Carolina. From1978-88,he assistant coachunderSmithat W “We usedtohaveDeanSmith, Williams won20ormore Williams securedhis400thwin The Tar Heelsplayedinthe “I trulylearnedalotfrom illiams spent10seasonsasan Those guysplayedtheir 53 All-Star withtheCleveland says Daugherty, afive-timeNBA respect andearnitimmediately,” pionships (1979,1981,1982). and three ACC Tournament cham- Conference regular-season titles 82Aop upKnuk 876-190 664-162 710-249 451-131 Indiana State,UCLA JohnWooden . AdolphRupp . Arizona .804 .822 Wisconsin . (minimum 10yearsasaheadcoach) LuteOlson .740 BoRyan . . .775 . (minimum 10yearsasaheadcoach) 70RoyWilliams, NorthCarolina(35-15) BillSelf,Kansas(12-5) .700 .706 SteveFisher,.706 SanDiegoState(20-7) RickPitino,Louisville(27-9) .714 .714 MikeKrzyzewski,Duke(60-16) .750 .762 .790 RoyWilliams, Kansas,NorthCarolina 35 1985- JimBoeheim,Syracuse 35 35 DennyCrum,Louisville 40 1994- 42 1986-2000 42 MikeKrzyzewski,Duke 43 DeanSmith,NorthCarolina Tulsa, &Kentucky 1990- 1979-92 47 1994- 64 Washington State&Oklahoma 65 Arizona Kansas,NorthCarolina KelvinSampson 1 1972-84 1990- 11 RoyWilliams 1983-96 Indiana 11 1988-2004 LuteOlson 1990-2003 Georgetown 13 Kansas,NorthCarolina 15 20 JohnThompson BobKnight RoyWilliams 14 15 Louisville 15 Syracuse 20 Arizona Kansas 23 DennyCrum JimBoeheim 13 RoyWilliams 13 LuteOlson 14 LongBeachState,UNLV 14 17 Syracuse 27 375 JimBoeheim 388 391 391 4 9 onKes olg fCalso 560-143 412-87 437-112 676-234 Kansas,NorthCarolina College ofCharleston 694-240 Rider, LongIsland RoyWilliams JohnKresse 437-112 796 797 ClairBee Syracuse 826 Duke NorthCarolina JimBoeheim MikeKrzyzewski 743 RoyWilliams 743 796 1 37 “Coach Williams willdemand ACTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT WINNING PCT. (MIN. 10 GAMES) 10 (MIN. PCT. WINNING TOURNAMENT NCAA ACTIVE ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES TOURNAMENT NCAA CONSECUTIVE ACTIVE HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE, ACTIVE COACHES ACTIVE PERCENTAGE, WINNING HIGHEST MOST WINS AFTER 16 SEASONS AS A HEAD A AS SEASONS 16 AFTER WINS MOST CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES TOURNAMENT NCAA CONSECUTIVE Tubby Smith,Kentucky(24-10) ,Connecticut(35-14) ,MichiganState(16-5) , Arkansas, Kentucky, OklahomaState Jim Calhoun,Northeastern,Connecticut ,& ,Indiana& Texas Tech John W Gary W Lute Olson Dean Smith John Dean Smith Roy W HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE, ALL-TIME PERCENTAGE, WINNING HIGHEST ROY WILLIAMS BY THE NUMBERS THE BY WILLIAMS ROY Thompson i ooden, UCLA lasKansas,NorthCarolina lliams illiams ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT WINS TOURNAMENT NCAA ALL-TIME CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS 20-WIN CONSECUTIVE Arizona Cincinnati Arizona North Carolina North Carolina Louisville T Georgetown Maryland ulsa, Arkansas is tougherthanRoy Williams, but have evermetinmylife.Noone also oneofthetoughestpeopleI classy, classyindividual.Butheis tremendous workethic.Heisa think ofhishonesty, integrityand Cavaliers. “WhenIthinkofhim, T ar HeelBasketball 1992- 1985- 1975-97 1971-97 1978-90 1994- 2 004-05 NCAA-Record 15 Final Fours 4 national titles | 31 first-round NBA Draft picks Basketball Staff program it’s alwaysbeen.” the greatuniversityandbasketball Carolina isgoingtocontinuebe all thosethingsinplace,North coach, thereisnodoubtthatwith tradition. Ifyouhaveagreat great school.Ithasunbelievable W ter collegecoachthanRoy country, they’llsaythere’s nobet- think ifyouaskpeoplearoundthe did itfor15yearsatKansas,andI championshipin2004.“He NBA titlein1988andan an NCAA sport has,”saysBrown,whowon Larry Brown. replacing anotherformer Tar Heel, coach atKansasonJuly8,1988, defeats. part of712winsandjust173 as headcoach, Williams hasbeen assistant atCarolinaand16years tion.” him formyfoxholewithoutques- are gone. ounce oftheexperiencewhenyou a betterman,andappreciateevery be afriendforlifeandyouwill played fouryearsforhimhewill him somuch. When youhave he isfair. That’s whythekidslove illiams. NorthCarolinaisa At Kansas, Williams earned “He’s asgoodacoachour Williams wasnamedhead Combining his10seasonsasan “If Ihadtogowar, I’dgrab ,2003 ,2003 ,2002 ,1998 Raef LaFrentz,1998 , 1997 ,1997 Greg Ostertag,1995 , 1993 Mark Randall,1991 player *indicates activeNBA *Kirk Hinrich,2003 *Nick Collison,2003 *Drew Gooden,2002 ,2001 Ryan Robertson,1999 *Paul Pierce,1998 *Raef LaFrentz,1998 *Jacque V *Scot Pollard,1997 *Greg Ostertag,1995 ,1994 Rex Walters, 1993 ,1993 Mark Randall,1991 ,1990 Rick Calloway, 1990 (player, lastyearunderWilliams) PIcks under Roy Williams Williams Roy under PIcks Roy Williams & the NBA the & Williams Roy 1st-Round NBA Draft NBA 1st-Round aughn, 1997 He also coaches. active among most second- Williams, the sons for five 30-winsea That wasoneof high of35in1997-98. 27.9 winsperseasonwitha seven yearsandaveraged conference playoverhislast Collison andKirkHinrich. Pierce, DrewGooden,Nick Vaughn, RaefLaFrentz,Paul Ostertag, ScotPollard,Jacque Adonis Jordan,Rex Walters, Greg ry, includingMarkRandall, the finestKansasplayersinhisto- Crum andMikeMontgomery. ,Olson,Denny Coaching Award includeSmith, recipients ofthe Wooden Angeles Athletic Club.Other Coaching Award bytheLos John R. Wooden Legends of 2003). In2003hereceivedthe 1995, 1996,1997,2002and Year seventimes(1990,1992, was BigEight/Big12Coachofthe in 1990,1991,1992and1997 National Coachofthe Year honors The Jayhawkswent94-18in Williams coachedanumberof Getty - 54 basketball, butasfarknowing Coach Smith.Notjustintermsof Jamison. “Heremindsmealotof Player ofthe Year Antawn basketball,” says1998National sions. and theFinalEightonfiveocca- reached theSweet16ninetimes the country. The Jayhawks is theseventh-bestactivemarkin a winningpercentageof.700that Tournament, record intheNCAA appearance, Williams hasa35-15 Including lastyear’s secondround in 1991,1993,2002and2003. 33 in2001-02and302002-03. won 30in1989-90,341996-97, “He’s thebestcoachincollege He ledKansastotheFinalFour the importanceofhaving good people,caring about makingsure big influenceover they aresuccess- ball. He’llhavea ful afterbasket- his teamswent94-18,capturing years ofBig12Conferenceplay, over hislast13years.Inseven son conferencechampionships Carolina.” He’ll domarvelousthingsat coach, andafirst-ballotniceguy. Roy isafirstballot,HallofFame own…He getsalotfromhiskids. best, andincorporateditintohis Dean’s system,whichwasthe and aterrificperson.Hehastaken Calhoun. “He’s aterrificcoach says ConnecticutheadcoachJim the FinalFoursince1952-53. first back-to-backappearancein championship game.ItwasKU’s Marquette enroutetothenational Jayhawks beatDuke, Arizona and Hinrich, another All-America, the National Playerofthe Year, and Led byCollison,theNABC regular-season conferencetitle. ninth 12 thatproduced Williams’ included a14-2recordintheBig his finalyearinLawrence. That being likeafatherfigure.” not justaboutbeingacoach,but life. That’s whatit’s allabout.It’s the program,preparingthemfor every playerthatcomesthrough Kansas wonnineregular-sea- “Roy isasgoodthereis,” Kansas went30-8in2002-03, T ar HeelBasketball 2 004-05 Robert Crawford NCAA-Record 15 Final Fours 4 national titles | 31 first-round NBA Draft picks

tantly, thanksforbeing afriend.” into hisprogram and,mostimpor- ple foreveryplayerwhohascome there, foralwaysbeinganexam- Thanks tohimforalwaysbeing to Coach Williams fordoingthat. Big 12Playerofthe Year. “Thanks reality,” saidLaFrentz,atwo-time hoped wouldmakemydreamsa knew Icouldtrustandaman to playbasketballforamanI 2003. Gooden in2002andCollison 1997 and1998,Piercein All-America honorsÐLaFrentzin players toconsensusfirst-team the NABC.HecoachedfourKU the bestplayerincountryby Gooden andCollisonÐwerevoted players oftheyear. Two players Ð Americas andhadfiveconference coached sevenfirst-team All- conference honors.Healsohas Williams toearnfirst-teamall- him the18thplayercoachedby ACC honorsin2003-04,making McCants earnedfirst-team All- sons. in thenation11 ofthe15sea- sons andwasrankedatleastNo.2 in thecountrysixdifferent sea- Kansas reachedtheNo.1ranking Top 25in242of268weeklypolls. 1990. pollssince the Top 10in194 AP teamswererankedin Williams’ poll for145consecutiveweeks. 1991 to1999,placinginthe AP Top 25from Ba1998. s from February1994toDecember kening 62consecutivehomegames t(.922) in Allen Fieldhousewin- baprior tohisarrival. lltion forviolationsthattookplace Sposition, KUwasplacedonproba- taonship. Weeks aftertakingthe champi- fwon the1988NCAA f the DannyManning-ledJayhawks season. 17 -anaverageof30.8winsper 98, Kansaswasacombined123- 16-0 inleagueplay. From1995- became thefirstBig12teamtogo 1998 and1999.In2001-02,KU season tournamentcrownin1997, 1998, 2002and2003thepost- the regular-season titlein1997, “I wasjustcoming(toKansas) Carolina forwardRashad Williams hadKansasinthe AP Kansas wasaregularinthe teamswent201-17 Williams’ He washiredjustmonthsafter and inscoringmargin in2003 percentage andscoringin2002 KU’s statisticsinthe Williams era: dent whenyoulookatsomeof priority. defense, andacademicsuccessisa play atenaciousman-to-man unselfishly andtakegoodshots, to createeasybaskets,play Carolina teams—theyfastbreak of thecharacteristicsSmith’s event. NITs, postinga14-2recordinthat and Collison(2003). Gooden (2002),Hinrich(2003) LaFrentz (1998),Pierce Pollard (1997), Vaughn (1997), Walters (1993),Ostertag(1995), Draft:Randall(1991), the NBA been selectedinthefirstroundof erSho c.WLFns oraetTournament Tournament Finish L W Pct. L W Y School Year Y T 2ndRound 8 8 Quarterfinals .633 11 5th 49 175 8 19 1981-82 .805 1980-81 8 101 1979-80 .633 418 1978-79 .796 11 112 437 19 1season at UNC 15seasons at Kansas Career 16 NorthCarolina seaons 2003-04 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91 1989-90 1988-89 1995-96 1982-83 010 ass3 821 s iasFinalFour, T-3rd FinalFour, 2nd Sweet16 2ndRound Semifinals Finals 2ndRound 1st Semifinals 1st Semifinals 2 T-2nd 0 14 Champions 4 16 5th .789 12 T-2nd 5 .892 8 5 11 .788 4 11 30 .706 7 33 .697 10 26 10 24 23 Kansas Kansas 2002-03 Kansas 2001-02 Kansas 2000-01 Kansas 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1984-85 1983-84 1987-88 1986-87 1985-86 ¥ Ledthenationinfieldgoal Those characteristicsareevi- teamsdisplaymany Williams’ Kansas wonthreePreseason Ten (10)ofhisplayershave otals ear ear 10 seasons North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas School School Kansas North Carolina ass3 871 s hmin 2ndRound Sweet16 Champions Champions 1st 1st 1 1 15 15 .897 .944 4 2 35 34 Kansas Kansas North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina 55 ROY WILLIAMS YEAR-BY-YEAR WILLIAMS ROY every 13games) points 71times(once nation in2003 and wasseventhinthe assists in2001and2002 15 seasons percent fromthefloorin 50.6 percent percent andin2002at centage in1990at53.3 country infieldgoalper- seven timesandledthe percent fromthefloor and 2002 ning percentagein1997 (37.8 percent) age inthecountry2001 lowest fieldgoalpercent- vrl C C NCAA ACC Overall ACC Overall Overall 275 32 29 21 23 25 27 29 27 27 30 19 W W 29 28 27 28 27 32 28 ¥ Averaged82.7 ¥ Scored100ormore ¥ Ledthenationin ¥ Shotacombined49.4 ¥ Shotbetterthan50 ¥ Ledthenationinwin- ¥ Heldopponentstothe AS ANASSISTANTCOACH 61 2 8 8 6 Sweet16 Semifinals 1st 3 11 .808 6 8 7 5 8 5 12 L L 831 s iasFinalEight Finals 1st 2 12 .853 5 8 9 3 7 4 6 AS .818 .941 .784 .724 .793 Sweet16 FinalFour, T-3rd 2ndRound Semifinals FinalFour, 2nd Semifinals 2ndRound 3rd Champions 5 1st Semifinals 1st 3 9 Semifinals T-1st 3 11 .771 T-2nd 4 11 .806 3 10 .844 11 .771 .857 .613 Pct. Tournament Tournament Finish L W Pct. .778 .750 .903 .794 .889 .824 A HEAD COACH ACC Big 8/12 1 12 10 9 9 – 1stRound 6th 8 6 W 12 9 14 1 14 10 1 10 28 2 4 5 3 L 2 5 0 3 0 4 prior tothe2004SummerOl D T 2nd T T Finish T T 1st s iasFinalEight Finals 1st 1st 3rd 1tCaposNA Champions NCAA Champions -1st -2nd -1st 1tSmfnl Final Eight Semifinals -1st 1tFnl FinalEight Finals -1st ean Smith, Larry Brown andRoy Williams Larry ean Smith, ACC Big 8/12 eiias1stRound 1stRound Champions Semifinals Champions oraetTournament Tournament eiias2ndRound Semifinals iasFinalEight Sweet16 Finals Quarterfinals T ar HeelBasketball NCAA NCAA Final Four, 2nd ympics 2 004-05

NBA Entertainment NCAA-Record 15 Final Fours 4 national titles | 31 first-round NBA Draft picks Basketball Staff Game. All-Star Blue-White North Carolina captain inthe 1968 andservedas North Carolinain 1968), all-western years (1967and county andall-conferencefortwo In basketball,hewasnamedall- ball andbaseballforfourseasons. where heearnedlettersinbasket- T. C.RobersonHighSchool, munity ofBiltmore.Heattended Asheville, N.C.,inthesmallcom- job. man headmiresmost.It’s adream he willbuildonthelegacyof fast andscoringinbunches, will havethe Tar Heelsrunning that’s whatthemanisabout.He with classanddignitybecause Kansas CityStar. “Hewillwin who coveredtheJayhawksfor Carolina,” saysJoePosnanski, ence honors. first-team academicall-confer- 1997 and Vaughn in1996. Jacque Vaughn andJerodHaasein ors —Ryan Robertsonin1999, hon- team AcademicAll-America three Kansasplayersearnedfirst- 90.9 in2002). two seasons(92.1in1990and points pergamein15years Williams grewupoutsideof “He willwinatNorth ¥ Kansasplayersearned31 ¥ Overhislasteightseasons, ¥ Averaged 90ormorepointsin And itwillbeagoodlife.”

Jim Bounds show toaffiliates. While amem- delivering Smith’ basketball teamcalendarsand traveling alloverthestateselling 1978, addingtohisincomeby two years. and servedasathleticsdirectorfor ninth-grade footballforfouryears golfforfiveyears, and boys’ School. Hecoachedbasketball Owen Swannanoa(N.C.)High coaching careeratCharlesD. in 1973. education in1972andanM.A.T. Carolina —abachelor’s degree in plished.” nice. We getalotmore accom- hard worktogether Williams. “Whenyouputfunand time,” says Tar HeelseniorJawad get alotdoneinsmallamountof instructive andprecise. practicesareintense, Williams’ Williams maintainseventoday. knowledge ofthegame,notes taking notesandfurtheringhis Smith’s varsitypracticesessions team in1968-69underGuthridge, played onCarolina’s freshman coaching withSmith. Williams many yearsobservingandthen style comesfromspendingso ber ofSmith’s staff, the Tar Heels He joinedSmith’ In 1973, Williams beganhis He earnedtwodegreesfrom “Practices areveryintense,you Williams oftensatinon coaching Much of Williams’ think itisCoachSmith,” says KennySmith,former T went 275-61. ar Heel “If Iclosemyeyes 1 --39-1v.MruteFinalwin atKU,advancestonationaltitlegame First winatUNC 4thfastest to400wins Returns KansastoFinalFour 90-64 vs. OldDominion 94-61vs. Marquette Tied for 3rd-fastestto300behindBee,Rupp Against RankedT Home Record: BeatsNo. 1rankedHoosierstoreach2ndFinalFour Conference Record: 11-22-03 98-70vs. Wyoming Overall Record: 4-5-03 104-86vs.Oregon Lastofschool-record62straighthomewins 100thwin in129games 419 1-15-03 60-50vs. Oklahoma FirstBig8 418 Tournament championship 3-24-02 91-67 vs. FortHaysState 417 400 2-20-99 83-77vs. Indiana 388 11-21-98 66-57vs. OklahomaState 304 84-66vs. Colorado 300 3-27-93 285 3-15-92 200 3-13-92 132 102 100 W 532-19-1v.Akna Advances tofirstFinalFour 93-81vs. Arkansas 3-23-91 76 75 in 12-89-1v.Aak-nhrg Firstwinascollegeheadcoach 94-81vs. Alaska-Anchorage 11-25-88 1 All-America and s weekly 3-29-03 3-7-99 1-28-96 3-30-91 Date , that’s very s staff asin 213-19 437-112 eams: 183-57 TV 76-58 78-75 vs. 53-47 vs.OklahomaState 88-73 vs.Nebraska Note 79-73 vs.NorthCarolina Score, Opponent 56 ROY WILLIAMS’ MILESTONE WINS MILESTONE WILLIAMS’ ROY coach oftheUSA 1993, Williams servedashead U.S. OlympicDream Team. In stars whoscrimmagedthefirst Team, asquadofeightcollegeall- States OlympicDevelopment 1992, hehelpedcoachtheUnited wonthegoldmedal.In USA Sheffield, England,wherethe W worked underP.J. Carlesimoatthe Basketball. In1991, Williams ment washisfourthwithUSA 2004 U.S.Olympic Team assign- international circles,aswell. The impressive.” losses, butfamilyatmosphereis level ofbasketball,notinwinsand Kansas andreachingthesame lot offunaroundhere.Goingto players areexcited.Itshouldbea coaching Kansas. The former screen andthinkCoachSmithwas downandruntothe on my TV Sports. “Iusedtoturnthesound analystfor Turner now anNBA head coachingpositions,including staff membershavegone on to 01. chairing thecommitteein2000- rules committeeforsixyears, basketball served ontheNCAA 2001-02. Inaddition, Coaches, andwaspresidentin Association ofBasketball directors oftheNational German NationalJunior Team. camp directorforthe Argentina. in aqualifyingtournament orld UniversityGamesin Williams hasbeenactivein eea fWlim’former Several of Williams’ He servedontheboardof He hasservedasalecturerand Arizona Under -22 W In Overtime: In NCAA In ConferenceTournament: Against No.1-RankedTeams: Earns secondstraighttriptoFinalFour Third straightBig12 Tournament title 8th-fastest everto200wins Advances tonationalchampionshipgame illiams Team W est T ournament: 1 went frombeingunrankedinthe Preseason NIT. The Jayhawks 19 games,includingallfourinthe 19-12 record. ing 11 straight,andfinishedwitha 13 oftheirfirst14games,includ- son play rienced andineligibleforpostsea His firstKansasteamwasinexpe- the Kansasjobopenedupin1988. opportunities whileatUNCuntil down severalheadcoaching University debtfree. income studentstoattendthe tive atUNCthatallowslow- Carolina Covenant,anewinitia pledged $100,000lastyeartothe reside inCharlotte. 2002 Carolinagraduate.Both 98 and1998-99.Kimberlyisa the UNCbasketballteamin1997- Kimberly. Scottwasaguardon son, Scott,andadaughter, 1950), andwife, Wanda, havea Purdue. is inhis12thyearasanassistantat a manageratKUunder Williams, Oregon and Tennessee). JayPrice, and JerryGreen(formerlyat merly at Tulsa andFloridaState) Carolina), SteveRobinson(for- merly atNotreDameand Wichita State),MattDoherty(for- Turgeon (inhisfifthyearat sixth seasonat Vanderbilt), Mark at TCU), KevinStallings(inhis (inhisthirdyear 1-1 ¥ 1989-90: ¥ 1988-89: Also, the Williams family Williams, 54(born August 1, 1 as Head Coach: Head as 35-15 . ButtheJayhawkswon Year-by-Year Year-by-Year T ar HeelBasketball 24-12 Kansas wonitsfirst 4-4 W illiams turned 2 004-05 - - NCAA-Record 15 Final Fours 4 national titles | 31 first-round NBA Draft picks Big Eight and beatOklahomaStateinthe the conferencebythreefullgames national polls. was rankedashighNo.2inthe where itadvancedtotheSweet16. seed intheMidwestRegional, lowed tohelpKansasearnaNo.1 Connecticut andNo.6Floridafol- No. 1Massachusetts,2 Impressive non-leaguewinsover league titleinfiveseasons. in theBigEighttowinitsfourth 16. and advancedtotheNCAA forthesecondtime Preseason NIT the Yearhonors. Big EightandNationalCoachof appearance helpedearn Williams Tournament season andanNCAA 30-5 for 13consecutiveweeks. A preseason polltoNo.1or2 against Duke. titlegame Jayhawks intheNCAA North Carolina,puttingthe 79-73 victoryoverSmithand Dome, Williams guidedKUtoa fans attheIndianapolisHoosier berth. Playinginfrontof47,100 Regional andearnedaFinalFour Southeast to capturetheNCAA Pittsburgh, Indianaand Arkansas ed victoriesoverNewOrleans, Tournament, Kansaspost- NCAA share oftheBigEighttitle.In conference playandearneda to theEliteEight beforelosingto West Regional, whereitadvanced earned aNo.2seedintheNCAA over UCLA,UtahandIndiana, which alsohadnon-leaguewins fifth titleinsixyears.Kansas, out theBigEightbywinningtheir each other andSmith’s teamsfaced Williams’ the secondandfinaltime champion NorthCarolina.Itwas Jayhawks wereoustedbyeventual in threeyears. the FinalFourforsecondtime the MidwestRegionalenrouteto and No.1-rankedIndianatowin State, Brigham T 29-7 record.IntheNCAA No. 1fortwoweeksandposteda by threefullgamesÐwasranked straight BigEightcrownÐagain Basketball Staff ournament, KUdefeatedBall 1995-96: 1994-95: 1993-94: 1992-93: 1991-92: 1990-91: . T ournament titlegame. Kansas went27-5and The Jayhawksclosed Kansas finished11-3 Kansas wonitsthird Kansas went10-4in Kansas wonthe The Jayhawkswon Young, There, the Sweet Syracuse. Jayhawks lostahard-foughtover Big 12 23-10 andwonitsthird-straight Robertson and T.J. Pugh,KUwent Sweet 16. champion Arizona inthe NCAA 34-2 afterlosingtoeventual Kansas concludedtheseasonat postseason tournamenttitle. record, thenwonthefirstBig12 league byfourgameswitha15-1 season victories.Kansaswonthe with a22-0startand29regular- Jayhawks establishedKUrecords Scot PollardandJerodHaase,the senior startersJacque Vaughn, 15-1 intheBig12. November, went35-4overalland in who wonthePreseasonNIT Tournament title. The Jayhawks, straight Big12crownand record-tying 35wins,itssecond- Pierce ledKansastoaschool Americas RaefLaFrentzandPaul 1996-97: 1998-99: 1997-98: 2004 Ol lt ) i am ar rw,Cat Brown, R Larry MiaHamm, (l tor): dik Roy Parlow andCindy Williams eddick, T ournament title. Led byseniorsR Despite injuriesto ympians andf First-team All- or The yan mer - 57 T Tournament. ond roundoftheNCAA time gametoKentuckyinthesec- points 12times. record byscoring100ormore ranked opponentsandsetaschool school recordbybeatingnine first timesince1993.KUtieda advanced totheFinalFourfor unprecedented 16-0recordand 33-4, wontheBig12withan three freshmenstartedagame. since the1982-83campaignthat lineup, itmarkedthefirsttime Hinrich allappearedinthestarting Collison, DrewGoodenandKirk pile a24-10record. When Nick through numerousinjuriestocom- teams inKUhistoryfought ing toNo.1seedIllinois. first timesince1997beforebow- advanced totheSweet16for Big 12regular-season raceand went 26-7,finishedsecondinthe field goalpercentagedefenseand ar Heels 2001-02: 2000-01: 1999-00: KU ledthenationin One oftheyoungest The Jayhawkswent W illiams was game intheNCAA W round, the15thstraightyear first in DenvertheNCAA Maryland. Carolinabeat Tournamentchampion and ACC finalistGeorgia Tech as NCAA No.-1 rankedConnecticutaswell three years. The Tar Heelsbeat Tournament forthefirsttimein and earnedaspotintheNCAA the FinalFoursince1952-53. first back-to-backappearancein championship game.ItwasKU’s Marquette enroutetothenational Jayhawks beatDuke, Arizona and Hinrich, another All-America, the National Playerofthe Year, and Led byCollison,theNABC regular-season conferencetitle. ninth 12 thatproduced Williams’ including a14-2recordintheBig All-America. Player ofthe Year andfirst-team and GoodenwasnamedBig12 named Big12Coachofthe Year illiams haswonatleastone 2003-04: 2002-03: Carolina went19-11 T Kansas went30-8, ar HeelBasketball postseason. 2 004-05 Air Force NCAA-Record 15 Final Fours 4 national titles | 31 first-round NBA Draft picks to havehimbackinthe Tar Heelstate.” C North Carolinawillfurthertheexcellenceofbothschooland Having himjointhebasketballprogramatUniversityof t acter ofyoungmen. Additionally, fromaprofessionalperspec- atmosphere isimpressive.” level ofbasketball,notinwinsand losses,butfamily that’s toughtodo.GoingKansasandreachingthesame stands thedirectionCoachSmithhad theprograminand under- bigger thanCarolinabasketball,butCoach Williams are excited.Itshouldbealotoffunaround here.Nooneis Coach SmithwascoachingKansas. the soundonmy TV downandruntothescreenthink ship withthem.” effort fromtheplayersbecausehe’llhaveagoodrelation- ers reallywell.He’llgetgoodfeedbackfromtheplayers. And he’llget100percent like CoachSmithdid.” and theexperiencetochangechallengesofrecentyears. true. Iknowhe’s realexcitedaboutcoachingatCarolina.Hehasthetenure,temperament where hestartedasapart-timeassistant. That’s quiteanaccomplishment–it’s adreamcome

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3 4 w that. He’s provenhimself.Heknowswhatisbestforyou.He’s got He’s beenthroughCarolinaandlearnedalotfromCoachSmith. your bestinterestsatheart. You’d doanythingforhim.” They havethesamekindofphilosophy. Heremindsmealotof Coach Smith.Notjustintermsofbasketball,butasfarknow- 1 ing theimportanceofhavinggoodpeople,caringaboutmaking sure theyaresuccessfulafterbasketball.He’llhaveabiginflu- worked withthebigguys.Hewasincharge ofmakingsurewe ence overeveryplayerthatcomesthroughtheprogramprepar- , UNC Perkins, Sam n o od hs’you’regoingtodoit.He’s beenthere,done ant youtodothis,’ had goodjumphooksandtheproperpostmoves.Idevel- ing themforlife. oped arelationshipearlywithCoach Williams. Iworkedhis being acoach,butlikefatherfigure.He’llbringingood camps atKansaswhenIwasintheNBA.He’ “I thinkhe’s agreatguy, agreatcoach. When hesays‘OK,I people. I’mveryhappyforCoach Williams. He’s goingtoturn solid individual.IhavealotofgoodmemorieswithCoach things aroundandgetrollingagain.” “Most importantly, he’s thebestcoachincollegebasketball. Williams andhopefullytherewillbealotmoretocome.” N but agoodfriend.Ihavenothinghighhopesforthe Tar H “Coach Williams wasoneofmymentors.Everydayhe 1983-87 C orth Carolina.IconsiderRoynotonlytobeagreatcoach, eels thisseason,andIknowthattheyareingoodhandswith h “ oach Williams.” basketball coachesinthe world, aswellagreat l I trulylearnedalotfromCoach Williams whenIwasat imself tobeoneofthefinest eader indevelopingthechar- “Roy Williams hasproven L os Angeles Lakers Lakers Angeles os M g Walter Davis, UNC 1973-77 UNC Davis, Walter , UNC 1995-98 UNC Jamison, Antawn eneral manager eneral itch Kupchak itch The formerplayers J M ackie Manuel, UNC senior UNC Manuel, ackie calJra,UC1981-84 UNC Jordan, ichael , UNC 1983-87 UNC Wolf, Joe That’ WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT ROY WILLIAMS ...... WILLIAMS ROY ABOUT SAYING THEY’RE WHAT s whatit’ 1980-84 s allabout.It’ s notjustabout s nothingbuta 5 2 58 S dous helpthatEddieFoglerhadgone toW all right. days. Ineverusedtogobyhisgymand checkonitbecauseIkneweverythingwas our summercamp.Heranhisowngym, kneweveryone’s namesinlessthantwo was certainlytheoneIwantedtohire.knewhimbecauseofhistremendous workin here atCarolina.” players. Ithinkhe’s special really goingtodevelopsomething Coach Smithagain.Hehassomuchintegrityandcaresforhis w son, andheknowswhatitmeanstobea Tar Heel.Whenyou C C better man,andappreciateeveryounceoftheexperiencewhenyouaregone. When youhaveplayedfouryearsforhimhewillbeafriendlifeand butheisfair.tougher thanRoyWilliams, That’s whythekidslovehimsomuch. of thetoughestpeopleIhaveevermetinmylife.Nooneis work ethic.Heisaclassy, classyindividual.Butheisalsoone league ball),Ithinkofhishonesty, integrityandtremendous think ofhim,(I’veknownhimsincehecoachedmeinyouth I amveryexcitedhe’s back asa Tar Heel. learned alotfromCoachSmith.ButcredibilityiswhatIthinkof. session nomatterthe score.” gy aswedidhere.Ilikethathedoesn’t worryaboutthescore,hecoacheseachpos secondary break,gotafterpeopleinthe mantoman,theyusedthesameterminolo- mith and Coach Williams areexactlythesame.” mith andCoachWilliams atched histeamsatKansasitwaslikeyouwerewatching oach Smith.He’s beensuccessfulatKansas,he’s agreatper- oach Williamsasheadcoachbecauseheissosimilarto “I lovedwatchinghisKansasteamsplay “There wasnodoubtinmymindhe readytobeaheadcoach.Itwastremen- perspectiveitmeansalottohave “From aformerplayer’s If Ihadtogowar, I’dgrabhimformyfoxholewithoutquestion.” “He willdemandrespectandearnitimmediately. WhenI C harles Scott, UNC 1967-70 UNC Scott, harles 10 8

6 e while hewasatNorthCarolina, an incrediblejobthere.Obviously accomplishments atKansas.Hedid credibility totheprogramwithhis he’s doing,it’s gottoberight.” because he’s accomplishedsomegreatthings.Whatever accomplish somegreatthings itnl on epi h CATournament andhaving sistently goingdeepintheNCAA age inthecountryofanyactivecoach. Kansas, withhisteamshavingthebestwinningpercent- consider himtobethebestcollegecoachincountry package. Idon’tknowanyoneelsewhodoes.certainly University ofNorthCarolina. in recruitingandencouragingthemtocomethe sions inthegame,ishighlyorganized,andalsohonest tent leaderandcanteachitinpractice,makesgooddeci body whoknowsbasketball,canjudgetalent,isacompe- what youwantasacollegeheadcoach. You wantsome- s a track recordisbeingconsistentlygoodforalongtime. s fromthegreatcoachesisconsistency. Ifyouarecon- a uccessful seasonsyearafterwithdifferent talentand his ownwrinkles. They havethesamephilosophyofplay- i bilities, that’s whatseparatesthegoodfromgreat.His f “He’s aprovencoach.Whatseparatesthegoodcoach- defense, teamoffense, offensive rebounding,taking care ng thegame–getgoodshots,pushingballup “Coach Williamsbringsalotof “If youlistentohimaregoing o , UNC junior UNC Felton, Raymond s Coach Smith, although Coach Williams hassomeof s CoachSmith,althoughWilliams “When Iwasfinallyabletomoveafour-manstaff, he “It’s remarkabletoseewhathedidin15yearsat “He’s like Tiger Woods ingolf–theyhavethewhole “He’s reallyabrightman.Hehasthewholepackageof loor, wantingtorun,defensivetogetherness,team “ f theball,howgameshouldbeplayed–Coach Coach Williamsbasicallyhasthesamephilosophies Dean Smith, former UNC head coach head UNC former Smith, Dean Brad Daugherty, Daugherty, Brad UNC 1982-86 UNC P ichita Stateanddidsuchagreatjob. . i od N 1974-78 UNC Ford, hil They wereunselfish,pusheditintothe T ar HeelBasketball , 2 004-05 .

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4 i the bestcoachincountry.” ame fromyou.IfIhadason,I’dtellhimtogoplayfor ou achance.He’llgiveyouallhe’s gotandheexpectsthe n thecountry. whoIthinkis NowwehaveRoyWilliams, oach becauseofthattrustandhonesty.” wasfirst ere guaranteeingmespots,butCoachWilliams any thatbelievedinmelikeyoudid.Gaveaskinnyguy Carolina Basketball,youthink knew Icouldtrustandamanhopedwouldmakemy a “ “Coach Williams,thankyou.Idon’tthinkthere’s too dreams areality. Thanks toCoachWilliamsfordoing t that. words canbeusedto “ being anexampleforeveryplayerwhohascomeinto d y andstability. Those same When you’rebeingrecruited,alotofcoachespromise his programand,mostimportantly friend.” bout thewordsclass,integri- We usedtohaveDeanSmith,whowasthebestcoach “ escribe thecharacterofRoy small amountoftime.Whenyouputfunandhardwork “I wasjustcomingheretoplaybasketballforamanI together, that’s verynice.We getalotmoreaccom- K plished.” When youthinkofNorth , former UNC head coach head UNC former Guthridge, Bill “Practices areveryintense,yougetalotdonein irk Hinrich, Kansas Hinrich, irk Thanks tohimforalwaysbeingthere, 1 UNC 1985-89 UNC 999-2003 J Raef LaFrentz, Kansas 1994-98 Kansas LaFrentz, Raef eff Lebo, Lebo, eff , UNC senior UNC Williams, Jawad s oneofthefewcoach , thanksforbeinga s agreatcoach 1 15 2 - 59 defenses. Hedoesitall.He’s justawonderfulcoach.” T successful. Hisplayersplaytherightway. They’re team-oriented. c c tive abouthim.Heiswhathe–awonderfulpersonandgreat Carolina basketballbutthatbroughteverythingback.” 1936 wasspecial.It’s somethingI’llneverforget.Maybesomehaddrifted a littlefrom it toalevelthatmostpeopleareusedseeingCarolinabasketballat. able andhappy, allitcanbeisgreatfortheprogram at Carolina.Royisgoingtotake of thegreatcoachestodayinbasketball.Himcomingbackwhereheisso comfort- coaches inthecountry.” programs inthecountryandithasoneofpremier on andof program becauseheandhisstaff dothingstherightway But, moreimportantly gram builderandhe'salwaysgoingtohavegoodteams. basketball.Royistheultimatepro- also embodiesNCAA ButRoyWilliamsembodiesthosewordsandhe ‘special.’ at theUniversityofNorthCarolina.” son. There isnodoubtin mymindthathewilldogreatthings outstanding coach,andmostimportantly, anoutstandingper- a a lotfromhiskids.Royisfirst-ballot,Hall-of-Famecoach,and w always tryingtohelpthegame.HehastakenDean’s system, oached. Ifyougotohispractices,knowwhyteamsare oach. Ifyouwatchhisteams,knowtheyhavebeen first-ballot,niceguy.” hey playafunwayoffensively. They’re aggressive.Hechanges hich wasthebest,andincorporateditintohisown…Hegets “ “The reunionlastyearwassomethingtrulyspecial.Meetingguysthatplayed in “Roy Williams,evenifhehadn’tcomebacktoCarolina,whichIlovedseeing, isone “T “Roy isanoutstandingrecruiter, anoutstandingteacher, an This isasgooditgetsinaperson. There’s nothingdecep- oo manytimesincoachingweusewordslike‘great’ (19) V (15) LarryBrown;(16) EddieFogler;(17)JimCalhoun;(18) LuteOlson; (11) BillGuthridge;(12)Jeff Lebo;(13)Kirk Hinrich;(14)JawadWilliams; Charles Scott;(8)RaymondFelton;(9) BradDaugherty;(10)DeanSmith (3) JackieManuel;(4) Antawn Jamison; (5)KennySmith;(6)PhilFord;(7) TO PHOTOS: KEY , Oklahoma head coach head Oklahoma Sampson, Kelvin f thecourt.NorthCarolinaisoneofpremier , UNC 1963-65 UNC Cunningham, Billy ince Carter;(20)Kelvin Sampson Lute Olson, Arizona head coach head Arizona Olson, Lute J erry West, Grizzlies Memphis West, erry 17 , he'salwaysgoingtohaveagreat

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Hehit That yearhewasnamedtotheBig side Jacque As asenior in thefinal 4 and1inthenation,respectively, went 89-13andwererankedNo.5, points 13times. Jayhawk, including20ormore double figures74timesasa and 174steals.Haasescoredin 12.5 pergame.Hehad344assists scored 1,264points,anaverageof in whichheplayedforKansasand steals. assists, three-pointfieldgoalsand among KU'salltimeleadersin his careerrankedinthe Top 10 utive conferencetitles.Hefinished lead theJayhawkstothreeconsec- transferred toKansasandhelped Tournament. He 1993 NCAA the BearsknockDukeoutof of Californiain1992-93,helping junior varsitysquad. round. HealsocoachedtheUNC Tournament second to theNCAA Heels posta19-11 recordenroute onship game. ing the2003nationalchampi- played intwoFinalFours,includ- J Kansas. assistant under Williams at f Williams' staff. Haase,30,spent s ond yearatNorthCarolinaandhis U playing shootingguardatthe Wooden Award candidatewhile points against wrist. the entireseasonwithabroken the field,despiteplayingalmost points andshot49.5percentfrom KU went34-2.Heaveraged12.0 Paul PierceandRaefLaFrentzas Basketball Staff our yearsasanadministrative ixth seasonasamemberofRoy ayhawks won113 gamesand niversity ofKansas,isinhissec- In histhreeyears,theJayhawks He started99ofthe101games Haase attendedtheUniversity Last year, Haasehelpedthe Tar While onthestaff atKansas,the Jerod Haase,aNaismithand He scoredacareer-high 30 T ournament firstroundwin Associated Presspolls. , Haasestartedalong V aughn, ScotPollard, T emple asajunior - . He earnedaMaster's ofScience ic all-conference forthreeyears. America in1996andwasacadem- also asecond-team Academic All- All-America asasenior. Hewas was afirst-teamGTE Academic business administration,Haase Games. medal atthe World University Kerry Kittlestowinthegold , Allen Iversonand round winoverDukein1993. second points, intheBears'NCAA played akeyrole,scoring13 guardJasonKidd.Haase man atCal,whereheteamedwith ranked Connecticut. Missouri and20againstNo.2 including aseason-high26against Jayhawks with15.0pointsagame, ence selection.Heledthe and wasasecond-teamall-confer- Conference Newcomerofthe was namedtheBigEight South Lake Tahoe, Calif.,native 1997Kansasgraduatein A In 1995,Haaseteamedwith He started23gamesasafresh- As asophomorein1994-95,the Year 63 degree inbusinessatKU2000. August 1999. Meidinger ofLenexa,Kan., in ried totheformerMindy intercollegiate sports.Hewasmar five brothersandsisterstoplay a basketballinstructionalvideo. them asajunior honor ofHaase,whohad165 the Kansasstatcrewcreatedin copies. 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After graduatingfromCarolina,he py fromtheUniversityofNorthCarolinain Consuelo. They havea15-year-old daughter, Irma ball coachingstaff tocoordinate teamtravel. physicians. Davisalsoworkswiththebasket- ommended tohimbyStudentHealthService bers ofthegeneralstudentbodywhoarerec- and divingteams. trainer forthemen’s andwomen’s swimming ly withthefootballteamandheservesashead the men’s basketballteam,healsoworksclose- ices toCarolinaathleticteams.Inaddition ing physicaltherapyandathletictrainingserv- Basketball Staff Davis’ He wastherecipientofawardfor The 53-year-old Davis,anativeof Davis ismarriedtotheformerPaulaGee. He alsoprovidessimilarservicestomem- duties atCarolinaconsistofprovid Physical Therapist Physical Athletic Head Trainer/ Head M ARC DAVIS degree inphysicalthera- Bachelor ofScience 1 tion hehasheldsincethe b of NorthCarolinamen’s t T rainer fortheUniversity asketball team,aposi- 977-78 season. rainers Davis receivedhis Marc Davisisthehead Association. Therapy - lbcahtruhUAWeightlifting. club coachthroughUSA and Conditioning Association andacertified tioning specialistthroughtheNationalStrength and 1997-98. championshipseasonsin1996-97 NBA Bulls’ Deerfield, Ill.Heworkedthereduringthe Bulls/Vermeil’s SportsandFitnessin Sahratian internedfortwoyearsattheChicago exercise physiologyfromKansas. science. In2000,hereceivedhismaster’s in with abachelorofsciencedegreeinexercise ed from and divingteams. and conditioningforthevolleyball,swimming coach BillSelfandalsocoordinatedstrength April 2003.In2003-04,heworkedwithKU Williams inLawrencefromJanuary1999to with theswimminganddivingteam. tioning formen’s basketballandalsoworks Carolina athleticdepartment. Sahratian isacertifiedstrengthandcondi- nativeofDetroit,Mich.,Sahratiangraduat- A He workedwithCarolinaheadcoachRoy Sahratian willcoordinatestrengthandcondi- In additiontoworkingwithKansasathletics, Strength & Conditioning & Strength W J estern MichiganUniversityin1997 ONAS SAHRATIAN Coordinator 64 University ofNorth in hisfirstyearwiththe for thepastfiveyears,is m for theKansasJayhawk d shun) strengthandcon- n itioning coordinator ounced suh-RAY- Jonas Sahratian,(pro- en’s basketballteam letes inthoseprograms. progress towarddegreesforthestudent-ath- structured studyhalls,tutorialservicesand diving. Heoverseesscheduling,registration, ball andmen’s andwomen’s swimmingand coordinates academicsupportformen’s basket- seling psychologyfromKansasin1990. administration andearnedhismaster’s incoun- ated fromKUin1984withadegreebusiness sition topost-collegeexperiences. course designedtohelpseniorsmakethetran KU’s SchoolofEducation,wherehetaughta ball programs.Hewasalsoaninstructorin men’s basketball,,tennisandvolley- Counseling atKansasandworkedwiththe 2004. Heservedasheadmanagerasenior letterman asavarsitymanagerfrom2001- Communications, wasathree-year African-American StudiesandInterpersonal day atpractice. his favoritepartofCarolinaBasketball isevery played twoyearsofvarsitybasketball. Hesays Bandys HighSchoolinCatawba, wherehe head managerforthe one season.Hisyoungerbrother, David,isthe Walden isanativeof Topeka, Kan.Hegradu- Walden wasDirectorofDegreeandCareer ot,a20 N graduatewithadegreein Hoots, a2004UNC A Hoots alsowasajuniorvarsitymanagerfor native ofNewton,N.C.,Hootsattended Academic Support Support Academic Associate Director, Associate W Video Assistant Video AYNE WALDEN ERIC HOOTS University ofKansas. port servicesoffice atthe y of 2003afterspending16 s Carolina academicadvi- t needs. vising day-to-dayvideo tape exchangeandsuper- coordinating scouting taping Tar Heelgames, primary dutiesinclude Basketball office. His in theNorthCarolina season asvideoassistant T he UniversityofNorth ory staff inthesummer ears inthestudentsup- At Carolina, Walden Wayne Waldenjoined Eric Hootsisinhisfirst ar Heelsthisseason. T ar HeelBasketball 2 004-05 Tar Heel - . NCAA-Record 15 Final Fours 4 national titles | 31 first-round NBA Draft picks

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