Review
Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court by Roy Williams, Tim Crothers
So far, the Hall of Famer has coached in seven Final Fours, winning two NCAA championships in the last five seasons. In Hard Work, Williams reveals the determination that took him from the humblest of beginnings to the pinnacle of coaching success, sharing his story because he believes that anyone can be inspired by its message: hard work really can make dreams come true. . His approach helped earn him the third-highest winning percentage in NCAA history: better than Mike Krzyzewski, Bobby Knight, and even John Wooden. There was nowhere else to go, but as it turned out, no place hed rather be. The first in his family to go to college, Williams wound up at the University of North Carolina with the dream of becoming a coach and learning under the celebrated Dean Smith. He also recalls his long tenure as head coach at the University of Kansas and his two heart-wrenching decisionsto stay in Kansas at the program he built, and later, to return to UNC, to the one that built himand the accusations that followed both. Williams' autobiography lays plain how he recruits, teaches, and motivates his players, and how hes shepherded teams through some of the most nail-biting games at both Kansas and UNC. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood to the North Carolina Tar Heels 2009 national championship season. With unbridled honesty, Williams recounts his rough early years in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Now, for the first time, Williams tells the story of his life that few people know, from his turbulent family life as a child to the North Carolina Tar Heels' National Championship victory in 2009. And he recounts the determination that took him from a small home in the mountains of North Carolina to the very pinacle of coaching success.One of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, Coach Roy Williams traveled an unlikely path to a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. Coach Roy Williams, one of the most respected, successful, and dominant basketball coaches in the nation, had an unlikely rise to the Hall of Fame and a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. He speaks candidly of his past, his passions, his inspirations, and the coaching philosphy behind one of college basketball's most successful programs.