Legendary UNC head coach officially retired after 33 years of coaching in the NCAA on Thursday and lots of fans showed him love on the internet.
Some of that love was misdirected, though.
There are a lot of people named Roy Williams out there. It’s a fairly common name. And so it’s not surprising at all that people on Twitter got UNC’s Roy Williams mixed up with another Roy Williams.
The hilarious thing about it, though, is that the Roy Williams that they were mixing him up with used to play in the NFL. Former NFL safety Roy Williams got a bunch of congratulatory messages from folks on Twitter and it was amazing.
The best part was all the fun he had with it. First, he actually photoshopped his face onto UNC Roy Williams’ body for his Twitter avatar.
He also actually trolled people who were tweeting him. It was incredible.
I will. Thank you https://t.co/cfULHdAyT5 pic.twitter.com/kGkXDtPNtu
— roy williams (@roywilliams31) April 1, 2021
Bruh.. you should be ashamed https://t.co/Eiq196jiVE pic.twitter.com/feJPSpzmAR
— roy williams (@roywilliams31) April 1, 2021
You’re welcome Fam. https://t.co/D2Wc1RQrRs pic.twitter.com/1YWO03TYir
— roy williams (@roywilliams31) April 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/roywilliams31/status/1377649007477014537?s=20
Jayhawks baby. Sike!! BOOMER https://t.co/wPzBebM5E2 pic.twitter.com/nhZKzLFumi
— roy williams (@roywilliams31) April 1, 2021
Thank you. Nice picture. I like this one better tho https://t.co/amNwbedgFz pic.twitter.com/3ipi49X2TQ
— roy williams (@roywilliams31) April 1, 2021
He also got trolled by some former NFLers. Reggie Wayne tapped in.
👀👀👀👀 https://t.co/abvypRsjHe pic.twitter.com/PrM5E5GFqV
— roy williams (@roywilliams31) April 1, 2021
So did Cato June.
Great run Coach! ✊🏾😂😂 https://t.co/l2pPAY6F8y
— Coach June (@CatoJune) April 1, 2021
Nate Washington begged someone to take away Williams’ phone.
Somebody please take this mans phone‼️😂😂😂 https://t.co/Jymcypw8DS
— Nate Washington (@nwash85) April 1, 2021
Counterpoint: Please don’t. This is incredible content. Keep it coming, NFL Roy Williams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1zpeaqoQE