Roy Williams has been speculated as a potential candidate for the Los Angeles Lakers' head coaching vacancy, but the UNC head coach did his best to squash the reports.

“I've always felt like that I'm a college coach and that's where I belong,” Williams said. “(Lakers general manager) Mitch Kupchak is one of my best friends in the whole wide world, there's no question there, but I'm a college guy and if somebody calls and offers me the greatest job in the world, it better be really good because I feel like I've got about the greatest job in the world.”

Williams declined to interview for the Lakers' job in 2004.

The Los Angeles Lakers would like to speak to Roy Williams about their head coaching vacancy.

Williams declined to speak to the Lakers in 2004 one season after he left Kansas for North Carolina.

Williams won the NCAA Championship with the Tar Heels in 2005 and 2009.