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UNC Basketball: Head coaches that could replace Roy Williams at UNC

By Blake Cockrum

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 11: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts during their game against the Syracuse Orange in the second round of the 2020 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 11, 2020 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 11: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts during their game against the Syracuse Orange in the second round of the 2020 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 11, 2020 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS – NOVEMBER 15: Head coach King Rice of the Monmouth Hawks directs his team against the Kansas Jayhawks in the second half at Allen Fieldhouse on November 15, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) /

King Rice

by Blake Cockrum

King Rice graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1991 following a four-year basketball career with the Tar Heels. He played 140 games at North Carolina, starting in 83 of them, and averaged 6.2 points, 4.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds per game. He averaged a career-high 9.2 points, 6.4 assists and two rebounds as a junior, a season in which he averaged a career-best 32.9 minutes per game, and was a starter in 31 of 34 appearances on the court.

Rice just completed his eighth season at Monmouth, and has a record of 108-81 (.571) in that time. This season, he led Monmouth to a 12-8 record, tying fellow MAAC programs Sienna and Iona with 12 conference victories. Rice had three players named to All-MAAC teams this season, including senior guard Deion Hammand, who was also a first team All-District selection in 2021.

Rice, himself, was recently named National Association of Basketball Coaches District I Coach of the Year as well as MAAC Coach of the Year. It was the third such time that Rice has been the recipient of said awards. In fact, each time he has won the MAAC Coach of the Year award, he’s simultaneously been named the District I Coach of the Year honoree.

Prior to his current stint at Mommouth, Rice was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt for five years, which followed a three-year stretch as head coach of the Bahamas men’s national basketball team. He had stints as an assistant an Oregon, Illinois State and Providence before that.

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