April 15, 2003

Carolina in the News

Coach Roy Williams Announcement

Here is a sampling of just some of the links now available for the extensive national 
print and broadcast coverage of Carolina's hiring of alumnus Roy Williams as the 
new head basketball coach of the Tar Heels:

Williams's Job Change Was the Correct Decision (Commentary)
The New York Times
The other shoe finally fell yesterday. Roy Williams is out at Kansas and back to the 
University of North Carolina, where he played and coached. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/15/sports/ncaabasketball/15rhoden.html
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Coach need not offer any apologies (Commentary)
Philadelphia Inquirer
Scope the landscape of college basketball, check the credentials and references, 
ask about what kind of man Roy Williams is, and you won't hear too many
complaints. 
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/inqcol/5635560.htm

Williams Will Coach Tar Heels After All
The New York Times
Roy Williams, who extended a winning basketball tradition at Kansas in his 15 
years as coach, will now seek to revive the fortunes at North Carolina, his alma 
mater.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/15/sports/ncaabasketball/y15carolina.html
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North Carolina finally gets its man in Roy Williams
USA Today
Nearly three years after declining a chance to come home at the end of a 
punishing self-evaluation process, Williams flew here on a private plane after an 
emotional meeting with his former players in Lawrence, Kan.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2003-04-10-unc-williams_x.htm

Williams couldn't say no twice to alma mater (Commentary)
ESPN.com 
Roy Williams' decision to return to North Carolina on Monday was based on 
his desire to return to his roots -- both basketball and personal.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/columns/katz_andy/1539188.html

Roy will re-energize UNC's rivalry with Duke (Commentary)
ESPN.com
The soap opera is over. Coach Roy Williams has decided to leave Kansas 
and return to his native North Carolina. Let's face it, we aren't talking about 
coaching cupcake city. North Carolina is one of the premier coaching jobs 
in America. It has been one of the elite programs for decades. 
http://espn.go.com/dickvitale/vcolumn030414RoyLeavesForUNC.html

North Carolina folks excited to get Roy
The Kansas City Star
Chambers played on the freshman team at North Carolina with Roy Williams. 
On Monday, Chambers was a mouthpiece in the Williams watch. 
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/university_of_kansas/5634407.htm

Local UNC fans happy with Williams' hiring
Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville supporters of the University of North Carolina basketball program 
were delighted with the hiring Monday of Roy Williams as the Tar Heels' new 
coach.
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=acc&Story=5587616

Williams rejoins 'family' 
News and Observer
It took nearly three years. It was the toughest decision of his life -- twice. But 
Roy Williams is finally North Carolina's basketball coach.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2441354p-2270270c.html

Roots win out
News and Observer
When Roy Williams officially gathers his new charges around him for the 
first time at the Smith Center, there will be a certain symmetry in place. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2441354p-2270299c.html

Carolina now holds hot hand
News and Observer
The price of poker just went up in ACC basketball. That's really what Roy 
Williams' arrival as North Carolina's head coach means, and it's not that Matt 
Doherty folded or fumbled away the hand he was dealt at the school. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2441354p-2270228c.html

No denying it: Smith is happy
News and Observer
Dean Smith was smiling. Kind of like a coach who had just signed a blue-chip 
prospect. "I'm excited,'' said Smith, who was in the Dean Smith Center 
Practice Gym Monday night when Roy Williams was introduced as North 
Carolina's new head basketball coach
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2441354p-2270340c.html

Students glad ‘he’s Carolina blue’ now 
The Herald-Sun
It’s not that Andrew Stevens thought Matt Doherty was a bad coach. Still, 
Monday’s hiring of Roy Williams is a quantum leap forward for Tar Heel 
basketball, the UNC senior said Monday evening. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-342245.html

Making a good first impression
News and Observer
North Carolina's basketball players sat quietly in the locker room Monday night 
at the Smith Center, eyeing each other, whispering. Awaiting Roy Williams, their 
new coach. Finally, there he was, bounding into the room, his energy apparent.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2441354p-2270251c.html

Roy clicks his Heels (Commentary)
The Herald-Sun
It took Dean Smith 20 seasons to win a national championship at North Carolina 
but just three to finally get Roy Williams to come home and coach the Tar Heels. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/18-342300.html

Doherty supports choice
News and Observer
Matt Doherty had one message for his former boss, Roy Williams. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2441354p-2270317c.html

Felton: ‘It’s going to be fun’ 
The Herald-Sun
David Noel remembers watching Kansas in the Final Four, wondering if 
Jayhawks coach Roy Williams was coming to North Carolina. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/unc/42-342299.html

Connecting past to the present? 
The Herald-Sun
With a new slant on an old saying, Roy Williams told those gathered Monday 
night that while he was Tar Heel born and will one day be Tar Heel dead, in 
between he was Tar Heel and Jayhawk bred. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/unc/42-342307.html

Carolina lures Williams home
Asheville Citizen Times
Randy Shaw, lounging in his Shiloh Recreation Center office Monday afternoon, 
sat up when he heard the news about Western North Carolina native Roy 
Williams. 
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/news/32896

Players excited about Williams
Charlotte Observer
The reaction was instantaneous, the moment Roy Williams was introduced. 
North Carolina's Tar Heels rose from their seats for a standing ovation and 
Williams broke into a smile
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/sports/5635330.htm

Williams will inherit plenty of talent at UNC (Commentary)
Fayetteville Observer
Roy Williams will walk into a great situation at North Carolina. It will not be 
perfect, of course, because there is no true center on the Tar Heels' roster. But 
the new UNC coach will inherit lots of talent, with more lined up to possibly 
sign in November. 
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=columnists&Story=5587279

Agony of leaving will pass after Heels' first practice 
Greensboro News & Record
It was difficult for Roy Williams to leave the University of Kansas after 15 years, 
but he'll get over it. Particularly once he sees his first North Carolina basketball 
team go at it in practice.
http://www.news-record.com/sports/acc/uncnext15.htm

New coach beginning of healing for Heels (Commentary)
Greensboro News & Record
At the end of a long and often ugly ordeal, Carolina got its man Monday night. 
After a quest that seemed Quixotic at times, and downright clueless at others, 
North Carolina convinced Roy Williams to come home again.
http://www.news-record.com/sports/acc/hardin15hp.htm

Williams leaves Kansas for North Carolina
Wilmington Morning Star
This time, he came home. Three years after accepting an offer to become North 
Carolina's basketball coach, only to renege after returning to Lawrence, Kan., to 
remain at the University of Kansas, Roy Williams is finally back in Chapel Hill. 
And he doesn't plan on leaving any time soon.
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=WM&Date=20030415&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=304150366&Ref=AR&Profile=1005

UNC's prodigal son finally returns to the flock (Commentary)
Winston-Salem Journal
The time warp snapped back yesterday like a rubber band stretched from North 
Carolina to Kansas.
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/sports/MGB30RSGJED.html

UNC players put on Sunday best for initial get-together with coach
Winston-Salem Journal
If first impressions mean anything, Coach Roy Williams liked what he saw of the 
North Carolina Tar Heels.
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/sports/MGB1PRTFJED.html

Williams says yes to UNC - finally
Winston-Salem Journal
Roy Williams came home to North Carolina last night to coach basketball after 
making a decision so tough that it repeatedly brought him to tears yesterday.
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/sports/MGBZTXXFJED.html

Current National Coverage

Life after work
Buffalo News
At 77, Dr. Paul Binette is working for free. He doesn't mind. ... The notion that 
retirement is bad for the health is a myth, said Victor Marshall, a sociologist 
and director of the Institute on Aging at the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill. 
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030413/1018525.asp

The college chase
The Chicago Tribune
If college is supposed to prepare students for the real world, the college-
admissions process is quickly becoming a rough introduction to the rat race of 
adulthood. ... In the last year the University of North Carolina and Yale and 
Stanford Universities have dropped early decision, opting for the non-binding 
policy of early action, which is used by the University of Chicago and Harvard 
University, among others.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/custom/educationtoday/chi-0304130178apr13,1,6237471.story?coll=chi%2Dhomepagepromo%2Dutl
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U. of North Carolina Announces This Year's Selection for Controversial 
Book Program
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A year after its selection of a book about the Koran for a required summer-
reading program provoked a lawsuit and significant national attention, the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has chosen for this summer a title 
that has little to do with religion, but much to do with politics. 
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/04/2003041503n.htm
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articles..)

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

House panel approves budget 
News and Observer
The House Appropriations Committee late Monday approved a $15 billion 
spending plan that raises college tuition, cuts services for the poor and provides a 
modest pay increase for state workers. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2440845p-2270283c.html

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