University of North Carolina Athletics
Williams to Play Round of Golf with Charity Auction Winners
September 12, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Sept. 12, 2005
CHAPEL HILL -- University of North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams will play a round of golf at famed Pinehurst No. 2 in May 2006 with the winner of a charity auction that begins September 14 and is designed to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The winner and two guests will tee it up for 18 holes with Williams, coach of the 2005 national champions. Pinehurst No. 2 is one of the country's most legendary courses and the site of the 1999 and 2005 United States Open Championships.
"I'm happy to give of my time to help with the Coaches Relief Fund," says Williams. "I hope we can get coaches at all levels to become involved in this important cause. We all need to do as much as possible to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina."
AllCoachNetwork.com and coaches all across America have teamed up to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. A major online sports auction will highlight the effort, with one hundred percent of the proceeds going directly to Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization that builds homes for low incomes families.
The website AllCoachesCare.com has been created to provide more information on to give coaches a place where they can make their contribution to the online auction.
"This is something that all coaches, male and female at every level must get involved with," says Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg, who is heading up the effort among coaches. "As coaches we always talk about the team concept. If we are going to make any impact on the hurricane relief efforts, we need to come together as a team to assist all those who desperately need our help."
Greenberg is the organizing chairman of the committee, which is made up primarily of college coaches, but the Virginia Tech coach is stressing that all coaches need to be involved.
"I can't stress that point enough. Everyone should be involved. As coaches we are always rebuilding our own programs. "Coaches Care" was created to help and now we have an opportunity to help rebuild the Gulf Coast of the United States working with the great folks at Habitat for Humanity."
The goal of the organizers is to raise money through an online auction and cash donations. AllCoachNetwork.com will administer the auction in conjunction with Snappy Auctions eBay Drop-Off Stores. SnappyAuctions.com will handle all of the listing and shipping of items for the auction, which will begin on Sept. 14 on eBay.
All money raised through the auction will go directly to Habitat for Humanity, which will be administered by MissionFish.org, the official non-profit liaison for eBay.
