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UNC Basketball: Jawad Williams joins Sacramento Kings staff

After a long playing career that spanned across the globe, 2005 North Carolina Tar Heels national champion Jawad Williams got into the coaching and development side of things after retiring in 2022. Now, he’s set to take a big step in that journey.

On Tuesday, it was announced that Williams has been hired as a player development coach by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.

Big congrats to client, @WORLDWAD on being named player development coach with the @SacramentoKings !! #GoKings #welldeserved #esmfamily pic.