2016–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 2016–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Roy Williams' 14th season. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2017, they earned their 6th NCAA National Championship by defeating Gonzaga in the championship game.
Tony Bradley at the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game
Roy Williams (basketball coach)
Roy Allen Williams is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15 seasons. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Williams is widely regarded as one of the best collegiate basketball coaches of all time.
Williams in 2008
Williams in 2011.
Basketball Hall of Fame Jersey on display at the North Carolina Sport Hall of Fame