Roy Williams's autobiography to get a foreword by Grisham

Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team, is writing a book with Tim Crothers, former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a UNC graduate, entitled Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court.

The autobiography will also include a foreword by John Grisham.

The book will be published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill on Nov. 10, coinciding with the start of the 2009 basketball season.