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Art’s Angle: The ‘Real’ Roy

Needing spending money at UNC, Roy Williams officiated intramural games. In grad school, he made $5 a day chasing balls at soccer practices, then reffing scrimmages for Dean Smith after taking notes on his legal pad. Smith hired Williams as a part-time assistant in 1978 because he knew Roy wanted to be a coach and thought he'd be a great one. (Chapelboro.com) Carolina basketball is a great job, but Ol’ Roy has got better things to do
Roy Williams’ days of selling calendars out of the back of his car are about as far away as those years coaching Owen High School.