Roy Williams Ecstatic for Mack Brown's Return to UNC Posted Dec 27, 2018 Roy Williams is hesitant to overly celebrate the football coaching change at North Carolina because he knows that while Mack Brown has been hired, Larry Fedora was fired. "It's mixed emotions," Williams said. "I was really sad (with) what happened with Larry. Love Larry Fedora. He was great to me." But Williams also is excited about the beginning of the Mack Brown era. (Inside Carolina)