WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5B
Roy Williams leaves for University of North Carolina, April 14
Men's basketball coach Roy Williams says some final words and thanks the fans for their support before he parked his car and boarded a chartered jet bound for North Carolina at Lawrence Municipal Airport. Williams accepted the position as men's basketball coach at his alma mater, UNC, later that evening. "Last time I decided to stay because it was the right thing," he said at the press conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. "This time I decided to leave because it was the right thing."
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Former men's basketball coach Roy Williams returned to Lawrence for the basketball awards banquet last Thursday. Many fans questioned Williams' decision to return, given the hostile reaction he had received after leaving Lawrence. "Oh yes," Williams said when asked whether he considered skipping the banquet. "There seemed to be a little storm building, and maybe it wasn't the best, but that would have the easy way out, and I've talked to my guys all the time that you can't take the easy way out. You have to do what's right."
Bill Selfhired, April 21
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LEFT. Bill Self speaks at a press conference that was called to announce his acceptance of the position as Kansas men's basketball coach. Self, who had been head coach at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa and Illinois, began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Kansas under Larry Brown. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity." Self said about his new job.
ABOVE: Players listen to their new coach, Bill Self, speak at the press conference Monday. Sophomore guard Keith Langford had been upset by William's announcement that he was leaving Kansas, but his emotions had since subsided."It worked out for the better," said Langford, who was recruited by Self out of high school."Some of the kids get torn between coaches and schools and things like that, but I got to play for two coaches that I could build a relationship to."
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