Official Site of the Tar Heels · Dec 15, 2018
GoHeels Exclusive: Gonzaga Notebook
By Pat James, GoHeels.com
Speaking with reporters Friday, North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams spent a majority of his pre-Gonzaga press conference answering questions about the controversy surrounding the presence of the Silent Sam statue on campus.
The Confederate statue, erected in 1913, was toppled by protesters in August. Earlier this month, the UNC Board of Trustees announced a plan to construct a museum to house the statue. That plan was met with backlash, including a petition signed by more than 250 current and former Tar Heel student-athletes, before being rejected by the UNC Board of Governors on Friday.