Roy Williams helped off the sideline after collapse

UNC head coach Roy Williams had a serious scare before halftime of their game at Clemson, collapsing on the sideline and being helped to the locker room.

UNC head coach Roy Williams had a major health scare before the end of the first half in their game against the Clemson Tigers.

With under a minute to go, and with the Tar Heels taking the ball out, Williams collapsed to one knee, and everyone at Little John Coliseum became instantly concerned about the health of the Tar Heel’s legendary coach.

The entire coaching staff rallied to Williams aid and making sure that he was conscious, they walked him into the locker room to get him checked out. Even Clemson head coach Brad Brownell made sure the officials stopped the game to see what was wrong with Williams.

So the question on everyone’s mind is “what happened?”

Well, we’re not sure, as we have to wait until an official diagnosis is in, but what many believe may have happened to Williams is vertigo, and from the looks of it, that’s what he may have suffered from on the sideline.

Williams has had a long battle with vertigo, and some of UNC’s players have seen this exact scary scenario play out before. In a 2016 game at Boston College, Williams called a time out and had some words with the referee. Then, as he was going to the bench, he collapsed, and the cameras caught the whole scary ordeal.

Williams wouldn’t return to finish coaching that game, which ended in a 68-65 Tar Heel victory, and Williams told reporters after the game that he was thankful to be alive and was super proud of how his team responded.

Now, with Williams suffering what could be a second-bout with Vertigo in as many years, one may have to wonder if it’s time for the legend to take it easy a bit.