When forward Benny Williams signed with Syracuse, he was eager to play for Jim Boeheim and compete in an Atlantic Coast Conference that featured two other Hall of Fame coaches leading marquee programs. Big names — faces of the sport itself, even — have headed into retirement in North Carolina’s Roy Williams in spring 2021, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski a year later and Boeheim this spring to end a 47-year tenure.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has a very different look this year. The league doesn t have a Naismith Hall of Fame coach on the sideline for the first time since 2001.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has a very different look this year. The league doesn t have a Naismith Hall of Fame coach on the sideline for the first time since 2001.