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UNC Basketball: Roy Williams to receive Wooden Leadership in Coaching Award

By Blake Cockrum

GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 03: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels cuts down the net after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs 71-65. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 03: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels cuts down the net after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs 71-65. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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Hall-of-Fame coach to receive prestigious award

North Carolina head coach Roy Williams is being honored as the recipient of the 2017 Nell and John Wooden Leadership in Coaching Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on October 12th.

Williams will receive the award, which is named after legendary UCLA coach John Wooden and his wife, Nell, at the Nell and John Wooden Leadership in Coaching Awards Dinner to be held at the Watergate Hotel.

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"“I have tremendous respect for both Coach Wooden and his beautiful partner in life, Nell. It is an honor beyond any words to receive a leadership award named in their memory,” said Williams.“They did so much for the game and for young people in and out of basketball. This is a recognition I receive on behalf of my wife, Wanda, as well. She’s been my side for more than 40 years, just like Coach Wooden had Nell!”"

The Nell and John Wooden Leadership in Coaching Award was created in 2012 and recognizes coaches who exemplify Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success” teachings both on and off the court.

Previous recipients of the award include Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Kentucky’s John Calipari, and Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim.

Williams, winner of 816 games and three national championships, is entering his 29th season as a head coach and 15th since returning to the University of North Carolina.

His eight regular season titles since returning to Chapel Hill in 2003 are better than any coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference. His teams also have more NCAA Tournament victories in that time than any other program in college basketball.

The Tar Heels had their first practice of the 2017-18 season on Monday, and Late Night with Roy is set for Friday, October 13th at the Dean Smith Center.

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North Carolina opens up the regular season on November 10th against Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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