Who is the basketball coach for the state where the governor during the Civil War died?
Roy Williams
Title: Marty Clarke (basketball)
Passage: Martin 'Marty' Clarke (born 22 May 1967 in Penguin, Tasmania) is an Australian former basketball player and the former head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers. Clarke was an assistant coach of the Australian Boomers at the 2012 London Olympics, and is currently an assistant coach of the Saint Mary's Gaels in the NCAA.
Title: Raleigh, North Carolina
Passage: After the Civil War began, Governor Zebulon Baird Vance ordered the construction of breastworks around the city as protection from Union troops. During General Sherman's Carolinas Campaign, Raleigh was captured by Union cavalry under the command of General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick on April 13, 1865. As the Confederate cavalry retreated west, the Union soldiers followed, leading to the nearby Battle of Morrisville. The city was spared significant destruction during the War, but due to the economic problems of the post-war period and Reconstruction, with a state economy based on agriculture, it grew little over the next several decades.
Title: Kay Yow
Passage: Sandra Kay Yow (March 14, 1942 – January 24, 2009) was an American basketball coach. She was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009. A member of the Naismith Hall of Fame, she had more than 700 career wins. She also coached the U.S. women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. In April 2010, CollegeInsider.com created a new award called the Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award in her honor. It will be presented annually to the women's college basketball head coach who displays great personal character on and off the court.
Title: Gene Sullivan (basketball)
Passage: Sullivan grew up on the Northwest Side of Chicago and attended the University of Notre Dame. After serving with the United States Army in the Korean War, he became a boys' basketball coach at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, and guided them to three Chicago Catholic League titles between 1957 and 1967. In 1967, he became an assistant coach to Johnny Dee at the University of Notre Dame, and hoped to succeed Dee as head coach. When Dee retired in 1971, however, the school hired Digger Phelps as head coach, and a disappointed Sullivan spent the next few years writing a basketball book and running a limousine company.
Title: John Milton Thayer
Passage: John Milton Thayer (January 24, 1820March 19, 1906) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska. Thayer served as Governor of Wyoming Territory and Governor of Nebraska.
Title: George E. Rody
Passage: George Edward Rody (1899 - September 13, 1956) was the team captain and leading scorer of the 1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, which is recognized as the first national championship basketball team at the University of Kansas. He later served as head basketball and baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M University and head basketball coach at Tulane University.
Title: Roy Williams (basketball coach)
Passage: Roy Williams Williams at a North Carolina press conference Sport (s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team North Carolina Conference ACC Record 424 -- 126 Biographical details (1950 - 08 - 01) August 1, 1950 (age 67) Marion, North Carolina Playing career 1968 -- 1969 North Carolina (J.V.) Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1973 -- 1978 Charles D. Owen HS 1978 -- 1988 North Carolina (assistant) 1988 -- 2003 Kansas 2003 -- present North Carolina Head coaching record Overall 842 -- 227 Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 × NCAA Division I Tournament (2005, 2009, 2017) 9 × NCAA Division I Regional -- Final Four (1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) 3 × ACC Tournament (2007, 2008, 2016) 8 × ACC regular season (2005, 2007 -- 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017) 3 × Big 12 Tournament (1997 -- 1999) 4 × Big 12 regular season (1997, 1998, 2002, 2003) Big Eight Tournament (1992) 5 × Big Eight regular season (1991 -- 1993, 1995, 1996) Awards 2 × AP Coach of the Year (1992, 2006) Naismith College Coach of the Year (1997) 2 × Henry Iba Award (1990, 2006) 2 × ACC Coach of the Year (2006, 2011) 3 × Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2003) 4 × Big Eight Coach of the Year (1990, 1992, 1995, 1996) John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2003) Adolph Rupp Cup (2006) Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007 College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Title: Gerald Myers
Passage: Gerald Myers (born August 5, 1936) is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team and athletic director at Texas Tech University.
Title: Chip Engelland
Passage: Arthur Edward "Chip" Engelland III (born May 9, 1961) is an American-Filipino basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Title: Zebulon Baird Vance
Passage: Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator. A prolific writer, Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods. As a leader of the "New South", Vance favored the rapid modernization of the southern economy, railroad expansion, school construction, and reconciliation with the North.
Title: Roswell Farnham
Passage: Roswell Farnham (July 23, 1827January 5, 1903) was an American politician of the Republican Party, an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a lawyer, and the 38th Governor of Vermont.
Title: John Stawell
Passage: Sir John Stawell or Stowell (29 August 1600 – 21 February 1662) of Cothelstone in Somerset, was an English Member of Parliament and Royalist governor of Taunton during the English Civil War.
Title: Edwin Sweetland
Passage: Edwin Regur Sweetland (January 10, 1875 – October 21, 1950) was a coach, trainer, and athletic administrator at several American universities. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and crew, but the majority of for his coaching work was in football. Though mainly known for football, he left his mark on several other sports. He was the first paid coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team and the Syracuse University rowing team.
Title: Chris Beard (basketball)
Passage: Christopher Michael Beard (born February 18, 1973) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Title: Russell Ellington
Passage: Russell Ellington (February 4, 1938 – September 1, 2007) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Savannah State College—now known as Savannah State University—from 1976 to 1984 and Morris Brown College from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 181–141. He also coached the Harlem Globetrotters for nine years. His titles as a coach include: four state high school basketball championships; three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAA) titles; two Region XVII Junior College championships, and one NJCCA District 10 championship.
Title: Omar Mohamed Omar
Passage: Omar Mohamed Omar (, ) (1970 - 25 December 2008), also known as Anyeelo, was a Somali basketball player and coach. He was coach of the Somali national team from 2007 until his death. A member and coach of the Somalia national basketball team, Omar died in a car crash in England on 25 December 2008.
Title: Tom Thibodeau
Passage: Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Jr. (/ ˈθɪbədoʊ / THIB - ə - doh; born January 17, 1958) is an American basketball coach who is head coach and president of basketball operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since June 2013, he has served as an assistant coach for the USA Basketball Men's National Team.
Title: Bruce Weber (basketball)
Passage: Bruce Brett Weber (born October 19, 1956) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach at Kansas State University. Weber was formerly head coach at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois.
Title: Brett Brown
Passage: Brett William Brown (born February 16, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Brown is a former college basketball player who previously served as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs. He also has extensive experience coaching in Australia, having been the head coach of the North Melbourne Giants and Sydney Kings of the NBL and the Australia men's national team.
Title: Aki Collins
Passage: David "Aki" Collins is an American basketball coach. Collins currently serves as an amateur evaluation scout for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Zebulon Baird Vance Raleigh, North Carolina Roy Williams (basketball coach)