[DJay23]

I stole this from over at the phog. I know most of this know all of this, but it's still kind of cool to see it all lined up. I think you could even add in that Wilt was so devastated by the loss to Carolina in the '57 title game that he wouldn't return to KU until being invited back to have his jersey retired for the 100th anniversary by Roy Williams.



It's interesting to see the way the history of these two great programs has interwoven through the years. Here's a little timeline to display the history.

1891: James Naismith invents the game of basketball.

1898-1907: Naismith serves as the first head basketball coach at the University of Kansas.

1904-1906: Phog Allen plays under Naismith at Kansas.

1907-1909: Naismith stops coaching and Allen serves as Kansas' second head basketball coach before leaving on a medical school hiatus.

1919: Allen returns to be the head coach at Kansas.

1951-1954: Emporia native Dean Smith plays basketball under Allen. He then serves as an assistant head coach during the '53-'54 season.

1961: Smith is named the head coach at the University of North Carolina.

1961-1963: Larry Brown plays under Smith at North Carolina.

1978-1988: Roy Williams serves as an assistant coach under Smith at North Carolina.

1980-1984: Matt Doherty plays for Smith at North Carolina.

1983: Brown is named the head coach at Kansas.

1985-1986: Bill Self serves as a graduate assistant under Brown.

1988: Williams is named the head coach at Kansas following Brown's departure for the NBA.

1992-1999: Doherty serves as an assistant coach at Kansas under Williams.

2000: Doherty is named the head coach at North Carolina.

2003: Doherty resigns at North Carolina. Williams departs Kansas to take the head coaching job at North Carolina. Self accepts the head coaching job at Kansas.