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UNC Basketball: Top 15 moments under Roy Williams

By Zack Pearson

DURHAM, NC - MARCH 04: Tyler Hansbrough #50 of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates after defeating the Duke Blue Devils 83-76 during their game on March 4, 2006 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
DURHAM, NC - MARCH 04: Tyler Hansbrough #50 of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates after defeating the Duke Blue Devils 83-76 during their game on March 4, 2006 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – FEBRUARY 27: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels salutes the crowd after his 900th career win during a game against the Florida State Seminoles at the Dean Smith Center on February 27, 2021 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won 78-70. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – FEBRUARY 27: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels salutes the crowd after his 900th career win during a game against the Florida State Seminoles at the Dean Smith Center on February 27, 2021 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won 78-70. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Roy Williams’ 900th career victory

By Blake Cockrum

In one of the biggest wins of his final season as head coach of the Tar Heels, Roy Williams collected career win No. 900 in a thrilling comeback victory over the Florida State Seminoles in front of a raucous crowd at the Dean Smith Center.

After trailing by as many as 16 points and a dozen at halftime, North Carolina played terrific basketball following the intermission. They outscored the Seminoles by 20 points in the game’s final 20 minutes, helping Williams earn the milestone victory over the nation’s 11th-ranked team.

In doing so, Williams joined just three other college basketball coaches — Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, and Bob Knight — to accumulate 900 victories over the course of a career. He also became the fastest to do so, needing just 1,161 games to achieve the feat, 22 games fewer than Krzyzewski.

Williams went on to pass Knight just a couple of weeks later, earning his 903rd career victory in an ACC Tournament quarterfinal game against the Virginia Tech Hokies. That win moved Williams into third place on the all-time list, a position he will likely relinquish next season to West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins (900).

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