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Overview

Now in paperback, updated with an afterword and new photos.

One of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, Coach Roy Williams has traveled an unlikely path. In Hard Work¸ he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood through a coaching career with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. With his new afterword, Williams takes us past the two NCAA championship titles to the subsequent 2010 season, its shake-up losses, the unexpected departure of key players, and on to a new season of coaching some of the most dazzling young players in the country—and a surprising ACC championship.

Williams recounts his rough ...

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Overview

Now in paperback, updated with an afterword and new photos.

One of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, Coach Roy Williams has traveled an unlikely path. In Hard Work¸ he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood through a coaching career with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. With his new afterword, Williams takes us past the two NCAA championship titles to the subsequent 2010 season, its shake-up losses, the unexpected departure of key players, and on to a new season of coaching some of the most dazzling young players in the country—and a surprising ACC championship.

Williams recounts his rough early years; his long tenure as head coach at the University of Kansas; how he recruits, teaches, and motivates his players; how he’s shepherded teams through some of the most nail-biting games at both Kansas and UNC; and how he suffered through one of the roughest seasons of his tenure and came out on the other side to be awarded 2011 ACC Coach of the Year.

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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. Ignored by his abusive, drunken father and raised primarily by a cash-strapped, saintly single mother, Williams paid for his college education at UNC by officiating intramural sports. When Dean Smith, that school's legendary basketball coach, offered Williams a low-paying job on his coaching staff, Williams accepted and sold calendars and delivered videotapes to TV stations to feed his family. As a head coach, Williams's dedication extends to landing recruits and running organized, thorough practices. And he's done all this while maintaining a cohesive family life. (He's married to his college sweetheart.) Well-intentioned and upbeat, the book treads the familiar ground of glossy, inspirational sports biographies. Williams recalls passionate speeches, great players (i.e., Michael Jordan, James Worthy) and various anecdotes from the coaching life, but never delivers consistent insight on the workings of a successful coach at two legendary sports programs. However, the book is redeemed by Williams's genial (and borderline hokey) tone and the forthright revelations of his tumultuous childhood and early days coaching in high school and college. 16-page photo insert. (Nov.)
Kirkus Reviews
A Hall of Fame college-basketball coach chronicles his rise from poor son of an alcoholic father to winner of two national championships at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. It's difficult to take seriously a man who habitually eschews curse words in favor of epithets like "dadgum," so it's fortunate that Williams has built up serious credibility during his distinguished career as the head coach at UNC and the University of Kansas. Williams' aw-shucks demeanor masks the inner fury of an intense competitor, a man so driven to win that he invents new competitions just to give himself another chance at victory. A near-perfect embodiment of the American Dream, he endured a hardscrabble youth dominated by a violent father-who ultimately abandoned the family-before climbing down out of a family tree filled with far more scoundrels than scholars. The scrappy Williams overcame those inherent disadvantages and carved out a niche for himself as a junior-varsity player at UNC, foregoing varsity scholarships at smaller schools, before giving up his playing career to focus on coaching. While on-court emotion and intensity account for much of his success, these attributes sometimes overpower the narrative. Williams' unrelenting desire to convey his earnest belief in hard work and love for his family, friends and players (Tyler Hansbrough in particular) is as cloying as it is compelling-he opens by recalling bouts of insomnia prior to the 2009 season brought about because he so desperately wanted Hansbrough to win a championship in his senior season. Still, the legions of Carolina fans will relish stories-including the recruitment of Michael Jordan-from Williams' days as an assistantunder legendary coach Dean Smith; college-basketball fans will admire his tenaciousness; and Kansas fans may finally forgive ol' Roy for leaving (well, maybe not). Williams coaches far better than he writes, but he does spin a good yarn. First printing of 150,000

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781616201074
  • Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
  • Publication date: 10/11/2011
  • Pages: 336
  • Sales rank: 319,815
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.10 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Roy Williams
Currently the head coach of the UNC Tar Heels Men’s Basketball team, Roy Williams has won two NCAA Championships with the Tar Heels and brought his teams (both UNC and Kansas) to seven Final Fours. Inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2007, he ranks first in the country in winning percentages among active coaches. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he rose from Assistant Coach at UNC to Head Coach at Kansas, where he coached the Jayhawks for fifteen years before returning to North Carolina in 2004.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 23, 2011

    A great read for any sports fan, Carolina fan or not.

    I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I am a huge Carolina fan and that is what initially drew me to this book. I strongly recommend it. Roy Williams has one of those personalities you can't help but love and this book shows that. He shared personal stories that mad me cry at times, and at times I couldn't help but laugh. He truly is an inspiration and you really get in insight of the hard work it took to get him where he is now and how he uses his experiences to touch others.

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  • Posted March 7, 2011

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    Outstanding!

    This book is one that anybody who loves sports, is in a position of leadership, or wants to be a better leader should read. If you have always been a fan of Roy Williams' teams this is a nice insight into the man's life. I can't recommend this any stronger! Very, very, very good and compelling!

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  • Posted February 6, 2010

    Nice gift to give for the sports fan in your life!

    My husband to be in a few months is a HUGE North Carolina Tarheels fan and thinks a lot of Coach Roy Williams. I heard about his recent book and thought it would be a great Christmas gift. What made this gift so special? Roy Williams was having a book signing at Barnes & Noble in Durham, NC and my co-worker (who is from Kansas - ironic?) suggested I get the gift signed which my future husband thought it was the best gift ever :-) He read the book over the next week (which he never does) and told me that it was a look into Coach Williams' life on and off the court and how he gives 100% each and every day. Enjoy!

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  • Posted January 2, 2010

    The Title Says It All

    First of all, I'm biased. I'm a UNC grad and big basketball fan. But I'm a bigger fan of Roy Williams. This book confirms everything I always believed about Roy...that he's a great coach, loving father and devoted husband. What surprised me are the numerous obstacles he had to overcome to achieve his success. This book reveals his folksy humor, his love of family and home and the ideals that make him a man of great character. Williams' commitment to his dream is exemplified by the hard work he put in to achieve it.

    It's a quick read. You do NOT have to be an "x's and o's" fan of basketball to understand and enjoy Hard Work. Now that Tiger Woods has fallen from the pedestal upon which his adoring public misguidedly placed him, Roy Williams can sit comfortably there. However, I'm sure he would not agree that he belongs perched higher than the rest of us, because ultimately, he's just a good ol' boy who continues to work harder than 99 percent of the rest of us.

    If you're looking for inspiration, read Hard Work!

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  • Posted December 5, 2009

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    Hard Work is a great read!

    Hard Work gives an intimate look into the life and career of one of America's top basketball coaches. It is enlightening as well as entertaining and I couldn't put it down once I began reading. It is a must read for all coaches.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 17, 2009

    Good Book

    Very good book, Roy Williams is not only a great coach he's an even better man.

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