Roy Williams is retiring as a basketball coach. There is a time and a place.
The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame will induct a group of coaches in November.
Jerry Krause of Eastern Washington will be joining the group along with players Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Larry Miller of North Carolina, Frank Selvy of Furman and Jimmy Walker of Providence.
The Hall of Fame Classic will take place in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 21-22, and the date of the ceremony has not been announced.
After leading two of college basketball's blue bloods, Kansas and North Carolina, to a combined 902 wins and nine Final Four appearances, Roy Williams retired in 2021. After 15 seasons with the Jayhawks, he returned to his alma mater to lead the Tar Heels to three national titles.
Hamilton was voted the Final Four's Most Valuable Player after Connecticut beat Duke for the 1999 title, his third national championship. He is one of six Division I coaches to have at least three national titles.
In his career, he played for Northeastern, Saint Joseph and the University of Connecticut.
Between stops at Erie Community College, Nazareth, Le Moyne, Canisius, Canisius, West Virginia, and Michigan, the coach won 825 games. He was the school's winningest coach and had two Final Four appearances.
Kruger led five programs to the NCAA tournament and made two Final Four trips with Florida and Oklahoma.
Eastern Washington's program was brought to the Division I level by Krause.
Among the players, Miller starred on Dean Smith's first two Final Four teams at North Carolina in the 1960s and remains one of three players inACC history to win player of the year and tournamentMVP in consecutive seasons
Selvy was the leader in Division I in scoring in the 60's and 70's. Walker led Providence to a pair of NCAA tournaments in the 1960's, twice earning All-American honors, and averaged 25.2 points for his career.
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