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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 4, 2021
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing Coach Roy Williams Upon His Retirement
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proclamation Laura Jensen, 919-245-2130
PURPOSE: To approve a proclamation recognizing UNC men's basketball Coach Roy Williams
upon his retirement.
BACKGROUND: Roy Williams became UNC's men's basketball head coach in 2003, and
continued serving in this capacity for the next 18 seasons, defining UNC men's basketball for a
generation of Tar Heels.
Under Coach Williams' leadership, UNC earned three men's basketball national championships
in 2005, 2009, and 2017. Coach Williams is recognized as one of the most accomplished
basketball coaches of all time with 903 career wins and recognition in the Naismith Hall of Fame
in 2007.
Coach Williams is widely known as a mentor, role model, and Tar Heel through and through by
colleagues, students, student athletes, and fans alike. His compassion, loyalty, toughness, and
dedication to the UNC community completes his legacy as legendary Coach, and man.
Coach Williams has given his all to UNC men's basketball over the past 18 years and announced
his retirement on April 1, 2021. The attached proclamation recognizes and expresses sincere
gratitude to Coach Roy Williams for his exemplary service, and congratulates Coach Williams on
his retirement.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approving the proclamation.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with the proclamation.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with the proclamation.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the
Chair to sign the proclamation, and express its appreciation to Coach Williams for his service.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING COACH ROY WILLIAMS
WHEREAS, Roy Williams was born and raised in North Carolina, attended and graduated from
UNC in 1972; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams returned to his alma mater, UNC, in 2003 to become UNC men's
basketball head coach; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams has defined UNC men's basketball as head coach for the past 18
seasons; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams led UNC to national championships in 2005, 2009, and 2017; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams, one of the most accomplished basketball coaches of all time, was
inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2007, and tallied 903 career wins; and
WHEREAS, the floor in the Dean E. Smith Center was renamed Roy Williams Court in August
2018; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams has mentored and nurtured and served as role model for many
student athletes and has embraced student and community fans; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams has been described as caring, loyal, tough, dedicated, "dadgum" plain
spoken, and a family man; and
WHEREAS, Roy and Wanda Williams donated $3 million to UNC in scholarships to help
students afford an education at their alma mater; and
WHEREAS, Roy Williams announced his retirement on April 1, 2021, and walked away with his
wife of 47 years into a Carolina blue sunset;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED that the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners, on behalf of the people of Orange County, hereby recognizes and expresses
sincere gratitude to Coach Roy Williams for being an exemplary citizen of the UNC, Chapel Hill,
Orange County, and North Carolina community.
BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, on
behalf of the people of Orange County, congratulates Roy Williams on his retirement, and hopes
that his life journey henceforth will abound with joy and excitement and increased time for family
and friends.
This the 4t" day of May, 2021.
Renee Price, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners