- Donald Williams (basketball)
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For other people named Donald Williams, see Donald Williams (disambiguation).
Medal record Men’s Basketball Competitor for United States Summer Universiade Gold 1993 Buffalo National team Donald Williams (born February 24, 1973) is a former American professional basketball player.
Born in Garner, North Carolina, Williams played for Garner High School before going on to play at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The 6' 3" point guard/shooting guard from the University of North Carolina was the recipient of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player Award when North Carolina won the 1993 NCAA National Championship. In the final game against the University of Michigan, Williams scored 25 points, hitting on five of his seven 3-point attempts.[1]
After college, Williams went on to play professionally in countries such as Cyprus, Germany, Austria, Poland, France, Sweden, Finland, Greece, the Philippines, where he won a championship in 1998 as a player for Formula Shell, coached by Perry Ronquillo, and the Dominican Republic. Williams never made it to the National Basketball Association. He currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Donald Williams has now entered the coaching world as the Varsity girls basketball coach at Saint Marys School in Raleigh.
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North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball 1992–93 NCAA Champions 00 Eric Montross | 3 Pat Sullivan | 5 Henrik Rödl | 11 Scott Cherry | 14 Derrick Phelps | 21 Donald Williams (MOP) | 24 Dante Calabria | 31 Brian Reese | 33 Kevin Salvadori | 34 George Lynch | 50 Matt Wenstrom
Coach Dean Smith
Assistant Coaches: Bill Guthridge | Phil FordNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player 1939: Hull | 1940: Huffman | 1941: Kotz | 1942: Dallmar | 1943: Sailors | 1944: Ferrin | 1945: Kurland | 1946: Kurland | 1947: Kaftan | 1948: Groza | 1949: Groza | 1950: Dambrot | 1951: Spivey | 1952: Lovellette | 1953: Born | 1954: Gola | 1955: Russell | 1956: Lear | 1957: Chamberlain | 1958: Baylor | 1959: West | 1960: Lucas | 1961: Lucas | 1962: Hogue | 1963: Heyman | 1964: Hazzard | 1965: Bradley | 1966: Chambers | 1967: Alcindor | 1968: Alcindor | 1969: Alcindor | 1970: Wicks | 1971: Porter * | 1972: Walton | 1973: Walton | 1974: Thompson | 1975: Washington | 1976: Benson | 1977: Lee | 1978: Givens | 1979: Johnson | 1980: Griffith | 1981: Thomas | 1982: Worthy | 1983: Olajuwon | 1984: Ewing | 1985: Pinckney | 1986: Ellison | 1987: Smart | 1988: Manning | 1989: Rice | 1990: Hunt | 1991: Laettner | 1992: Hurley | 1993: Williams | 1994: Williamson | 1995: O'Bannon | 1996: Delk | 1997: Simon | 1998: Sheppard | 1999: Hamilton | 2000: Cleaves | 2001: Battier | 2002: Dixon | 2003: Anthony | 2004: Okafor | 2005: May | 2006: Noah | 2007: Brewer | 2008: Chalmers | 2009: Ellington | 2010: Singler | 2011: Walker
*Ruled ineligible after tournamentNorth Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball retired and honored jerseys Retired Jack Cobb • #10 Lennie Rosenbluth • #12 Phil Ford • #20 George Glamack • #23 Michael Jordan • #33 Antawn Jamison • #50 Tyler Hansbrough • #52 James WorthyHonored #0 Cartwright Carmichael • #00 Eric Montross & Brendan Haywood • #2 Raymond Felton • #5 Jim Jordan & Ty Lawson • #11 Larry Brown • #12 Lee Shaffer • #13 John Dillon • #15 Vince Carter • #21 Mitch Kupchak & Donald Williams • #22 Wayne Ellington, York Larese & Bob Lewis • #24 Walter Davis • #30 Al Wood, Kenny Smith & Rasheed Wallace • #31 Bill Chamberlain & Mike O'Koren • #32 Billy Cunningham & Rashad McCants • #33 Charlie Scott • #34 Bobby Jones, J. R. Reid & George Lynch #35 Pete Brennan, Doug Moe & Robert McAdoo • #40 Tommy Kearns & Joseph Forte • #41 Sam Perkins • #42 Brad Daugherty, Jerry Stackhouse & Sean May • #44 Larry Miller & Dennis Wuycik • #45 Tom LaGardeCategories:- 1973 births
- African American basketball players
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Living people
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- American basketball biography, 1970s birth stubs
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