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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, July 5, 2000
the student perspective
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Former Kansas player remembers Roy
Driving through neighborhoods, going door to door asking if we could look in their sheds for any old bottles they did not want so we could earn money to send us to basketball camp.
Waiting at the gate on a snow day off from school for the coach who volunteered to come pick us up in his old blue Mustang because my widowed mom was too nervous to drive in the snow.
Crying with emotion after a loss, not because the effort was not there, but because he thought we deserved it but came up just a little short.
On short practices, we would go down in the empty film room below the gym and watch old North Carolina and N.C. State films and learn to love Carolina and well, not really appreciate N.C. State too much.
He's the man who would come by our rooms and check on Sonny Smith and me at basketball camp and ask if we had any concerns or problems before he went to bed.
Inviting us all over to his above-garage apartment in Asheville for a pizza dinner with his wife, Wanda, and his newborn son, Scott, named after former Tar Heel great Charlie Scott.
Passing the cafeteria sandwiches and sodas to the back of the bus to make sure everyone got one before the bus pulled out for an away game in the hills of Madison County.
Yes, that's the guy who had such an impact on me. Even when I was disappointed in my playing time, I still loved and respected him so much. I did not even start in high school, but I did learn to understand what Coach Williams had said to me so many times and I went on to lead the local college in scoring within two years. It had not been Coach William's fault, it had been mine, although it took me that long to understand it.
Yes, I am speaking of Roy Williams, a man of intense desire to succeed. Not only on the basketball court but also in life. I knew then, as a high school sophomore, that this man was destined for greater things than Owen High School. You could feel it when you were around him and it rubbed off in a great way.
-Skip Anderson
Owen High School
Class of 1978
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Nicholas Muller, 11, El Paso, Texas,
gets an autograph from Roy Williams outside of Allen Fieldhouse. A crowd gathered there after Williams' press conference on Friday. Brad Dreier/KANSAN
Yes, the old garage apartment has been upgraded, the old Mustang has been replaced by a newer version I am sure, and the hair is a little grayer than I remember. But he is — and always will be — simply "Coach Williams" to me. I will always love him for that.
Roy Williams has not said if he will be leaving the University of Kansas. Williams will make an announcement before Friday. KANSAN file photo
Williams' decision key to KU's future
I am a Jayhawk alumnus and live in Sequim, Wash. As a devoted Jayhawk basketball fan, I want to say that I believe Roy Williams should remain the Jayhawk coach. I feel as if he has become a part of KU, and his name is now synonymous with Kansas basketball. I cannot believe Coach Williams could find more professional or personal satisfaction by leaving Mount Oread. His outstanding record and performance have grown with the Kansas program, and the two should continue into the future together. His impact is far beyond the basketball team/program. His positive approach influences thousands of KU students every year. This is about more than just a basketball program. Should he leave, the University would miss Coach Williams more than any of us realize.
—Stephen Curtis Kansas graduate, 1966
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