North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams was named National Coach of the Year by USA Today, according to the publication’s postseason awards list released on Tuesday.
Despite being snubbed by the Atlantic Coast Conference last week — Williams finished third in Coach of the Year voting behind Virginia’s Tony Bennett and Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams — the 2006 College Basketball Hall-of-Fame inductee apparently has supporters in the national media that think he’s done a pretty daggum good job with the Tar Heels this season.
“The Tar Heels came on strong late in the season, winning 15 of their last 17 to finish as co-champions of the ACC and earn an NCAA tournament No.