Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court

(He's married to his college sweetheart.) Well-intentioned and upbeat, the book treads the familiar ground of glossy, inspirational sports biographies. As a head coach, Williams's dedication extends to landing recruits and running organized, thorough practices. . From Publishers Weekly Williams, the men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas (1988–2003) and at the University of North Carolina (2003–present), describes his personal and professional path to a Hall of Fame coaching career and two national championships. All rights reserved. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. And he's done all this while maintaining a cohesive fam

Great coach -mediocre writing Although Roy Williams has had a great career as a coach he has not been very articulate in explaining why his teams failed. The story of his hard life as a young man was interesting and revealing but you never really feel like you find out what happened or what went wrong with some of the great teams he had. I felt like I was reading a book written for a 5th grader but maybe that was the intended audience.. Awesome insite into Coach's life rockchalk06 I was one of the Roy-boys for a long time. When Coach left KU for UNC, I was mad. I can't begin to explain how upset I was, along with 2 million others. Williams was KU to me. In 89 I was 10 and never really knew Coach Brown. Williams was all I had every known of KU.After reading this book, I have a different outlook on what Coach was going through and why he wanted to leave. I think with a couple more years, he would have taken us to a NC, but it all worked out for a reaso. If you like UNC basketball and Roy Williams I bought this book for my husband who's a UNC graduate and a big Carolina basketball fan, as well as an admirer of Roy Williams. My husband is not an avid reader, but he devoured this book. If you like UNC basketball and Roy Williams, this is the book for you

It reveals how determination took him from an impoverished home in the mountains of North Carolina to the very pinnacle of coaching success, culminating in the 2009 NCAA National Championship (his second in five years). Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina men's basketball team, the Tar Heels, has the highest winning percentage in NCAA history. In addition to providing a fresh look at Jordan, Hard Work will chronicle Williams' connection with such basketball luminaries as Paul Pierce, Kirk Hinrich, Jacque Vaughn, Phil Ford, James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Sean May, and Rashad McCants, along with Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson, all of whom Williams credits with having earned him the hi