Roy Williams’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

  • Source of Wealth: Sports (Basketball – NCAA)
  • Age: 69
  • Birth Place: Marion, North Carolina,USA
  • Height: 1.78 m (5′ 10″)
  • Marital Status: Married (Wanda Williams)
  • Full Name: Roy Allen Williams
  • Nationality: American
  • Date of Birth: August 1, 1950
  • Occupation: Head basketball coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels
  • Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Children: 2 (Scott and Kimberly)

American basketball coach Roy Allen Williams has an estimated net worth of $12 million. He currently serves as the head coach of University of North Carolina’s men’s basketball team.

After serving as assistant head coach of University of North Carolina’s men’s basketball team from 1978 through 1988, Roy Williams was hired as head coach of Kansas University’s men’s basketball team from 1988 through 2003. After his 15-year tenure with the Kansas’ team, he returned to the University of North Carolina as the head coach of the University’s men’s basketball team. Since 2003, he has been serving as the team’s head coach.

 

He was named as the AP Coach of the Year in 1992 and 2006. In 1997, he was awarded as the Naismith College Coach of the Year  and he became a recipient of Henry Iba Award in 1990 and 2006. He was also named as the ACC Coach of the Year (2006, 2011), Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2003) and Big Eight Coach of the Year (1990, 1992, 1995, 1996). In 2006, he was elected into the College Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2007, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Currently, Roy Williams is married to his wife Wanda. Together, the couple has two children named Kimberly and Scott.

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