But for 15 years at Kansas, I thought I was the right man. In this time at North Carolina, I thought I was the right man. Williams had talked about how Smith — who Williams still respectfully calls “Coach Smith“ after all these years — worried about how hard Williams took losses as an assistant. “I could never come close to matching what Coach Smith did,” Williams said. “I love coaching, working the kids on the court, the locker room, the trips, the ‘Jump Around’ (pregame) music, the trying to build a team,” Williams said.

Source: thestar April 01, 2021 14:42 UTC