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Williams Agrees to Contract Extension at UNC

May 17, 2007

Chapel Hill, N.C. — It looks like men's basketball coach Roy Williams will be in Carolina blue the next couple of years.

Williams, who will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September, recently agreed to a four-year contract extension through the 2014-2015 season. He just completed his fourth season as head coach of the Tar Heels. He sports a 106-30 record at Carolina and a 524-131 mark in 19 seasons as a head coach at Kansas and UNC.

"Roy Williams is the most complete coach in the country," said Director of Athletics Dick Baddour. "I knew when we hired him he was an outstanding basketball coach, but he has also exceeded our every expectation in the manner in which he runs a basketball program. He believes in character first, he coaches for all the right reasons and he is a first-rate ambassador of our university. We are proud to call him our coach and pleased to extend his contract for another four seasons."

In a statement, Williams said, "The confidence Chancellor [James] Moeser and Dick Baddour have shown in me by offering this extension is flattering," says Williams. "I am excited about coaching at Carolina and look forward to these next eight years. I am past the point in my career where people refer to 'that young coach Roy Williams,' but I know I can go this long. I just hope my players can put up with me."

Williams originally inked an eight-year deal that began in 2003-04. The new contract terms include an annual base salary of $325,000 and $30,000 for expenses, plus supplemental income paid by the University that will range from $1.2 million to $1.5 million per year. That supplemental income for this coming season will be $1,370,063. Carolina originally agreed to pay the supplemental income when Williams left Kansas to make up for deferred compensation he received there.

In his original contract, Williams agreed to a base salary of $260,000 and $25,000 for expenses. Last year, he made $288,000 and $25,000.

Williams also receives income from Learfield Sports and from a deal with Nike. He made $347,000 in his original deal with Learfield; a school spokesman could not give a specific number on that current figure today. The exact Nike figures are not public information.