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Roy Williams, the former basketball coach at NC State, has never held back when criticizing the Wolfpack. During a Wolfpack layup in the first half of the team’s Final Four loss to Purdue, he was seen on camera shaking his head in displeasure. The legendary former Tar Heels coach said he would “rather not eat than lose to NC State” during his 38-5 record against the team.
Williams was a student at UNC when the Wolfpack upset the Tar Heels nine times in a row in the early 1970s. At the time, he said, buddies at NC State had rubbed his nose in his deep sentiments for the Wolfpack.
“The competition has always had great significance for myself,” Williams said.
in the year 2012. “I’ve acknowledged in public that I didn’t get along with them. When I entered my freshman year of college at State, some of my old high school friends—with whom I had played baseball and basketball—were also students there. They’ll give me enough crap to last the rest of my life. Nothing about it pleased or impressed me. My perception has always been that this is a big game. Playing North Carolina is North Carolina State. I took offense at it. It’s a ridiculous response, yet it has stuck with me.
In one of his more candid moments, Williams disclosed that following NC State’s home victory over UNC in 2002, he dreamed of kicking Wolfpack fans in the butt with a BB pistol. 2012
After giving some thought to the situation, the three-time national champion expressed his dissatisfaction that fans of UNC had sold their tickets to fans of NC State before the game.
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Williams said, “There were five million red shirts in the crowd, and North Carolina was playing North Carolina State.” “If I had a BB gun, five million red shirts would have had their rear ends burned.” I just don’t find that kind of thing enjoyable. That is the situation as it is. Rivalry exists. If you were one of my buddies, you wouldn’t encourage the competition. There
The venue was packed with five thousand red jerseys. That irritates me. I should irritate you. It’s not Under Armour that
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Williams retired in 2021 after serving as Chapel Hill’s head coach for an unprecedented eighteen years. During his tenure, the team made sixteen visits to the NCAA Tournament and won three national titles, the most recent of which was in 2017. When Williams left UNC, his record was 485-163. North Carolina native Williams is second only to the legendary Dean Smith in the school’s all-time wins list.